Shandong Airlines

Infobox_Airline
airline=Shandong Airlines
山东航空集团

logo_size=200
fleet_size=32 (+13 orders)
destinations=46
IATA=SC
ICAO=CDG
callsign=SHANDONG
founded=1994
headquarters=Jinan, Shandong, China
key_people= Sun Yude (President)
hubs=Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport
focus_cities=Qingdao Liuting International Airport
Yantai Laishan International Airport
website=http://www.shandongair.com.cn

Shandong Airlines (zh-c|c=山东航空) is an airline based in Jinan, Shandong, China. It is a provincial carrier operating mainly domestic trunk routes and secondary schedules from Jinan, Qingdao and Yantai to major cities in China.

History

The airline was established in 12 March 1994 and started operations in September 1994. In September 1997 it jointly founded the Xinxing (New Star) Aviation Alliance along with five of China's provincial airlines. It is owned by Air China and has a 10% stake in Sichuan Airlines.

ervices

Shandong Airlines operates the following services (at January 2007):
* Domestic scheduled services: Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Golmud, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Heihe, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Jiayuguan, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lianyungang, Linyi, Liuzhou, Mudanjiang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Quzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Xi'an, Xiamen, Xilinhot, Xining, Yantai and Yinchuan.
* International scheduled destinations: Busan, Seoul.
* Discontinued its services to: Singapore.

Fleet

The Shandong Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of March 2007:

Shandong Airlines average fleet age is 6.2 years old in March 2007.

Incidents

On 12 August 2007, Bombardier CRJ-200 had to be pushed by airport workers to safety after severe flooding at Yantai Airport [" [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/08/14/216074/pictures.html Yantai airport workers push Shandong Airlines Bombardier CRJ 200 away from flooded runway] " Flight Global, 14/08/07] .

ee also

* Air China

References

External links

* [http://www.shandongair.com.cn/en/ Shandong Airlines official website]
* [http://www.shandongair.com.cn/ Shandong Airlines official website]