Lucky Air

Lucky Air
祥鹏航空公司

IATA ICAO Callsign 8L LKE LUCKY AIR
Founded	July 2004
Hubs	Kunming Changshui International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Fortune Wings Club
Subsidiaries	West Air (China)
Fleet size	26
Destinations	40
Parent company	Hainan Airlines Group
Headquarters	Kunming, Yunnan, China
Key people	Ma Guohua (Chairman)
Website	http://www.luckyair.net/

Lucky Air
Chinese	祥鹏航空公司
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiángpéng Hángkōng Gōngsī

Lucky Air (Chinese: 祥鹏航空公司; pinyin: Xiángpéng Hángkōng Gōngsī) is an airline based in the Xiángpéng Hángkōng Dàshà (S: 祥鹏航空大厦, T: 祥鵬航空大廈) in Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China, near the Honghe Hotel. It operates scheduled services from Dali to Kunming and Xishuangbanna, and plans to expand to other areas of China. Its main base is Kunming Changshui International Airport.

History

The airline was established in July 2004 as a start-up airline known as Shilin Airlines.

In July 2004 it was reported that Hainan Airlines was investing 2.93 million yuan and providing three Dornier aircraft to the new company. An affiliate of Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines, was investing 47.07 million yuan and providing a Boeing and a de Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation Co. would invest 1 million yuan.

On 23 December 2005, Shilin Airlines changed name to Lucky Air. It started operations with a flight between Kunming and Dali within Yunnan on 26 February 2006.

The airline is owned by Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation. It has 263 employees (at March 2007).

Fleet

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Airbus A320-200 of Lucky Air at Kunming Changshui International Airport

The Lucky Air fleet includes the following aircraft as of December 2015:

Lucky Air fleet

Aircraft	Total	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Airbus A319-100	3	—
Airbus A320-200	4	—
Boeing 737-700	11	—	0	148	148
Boeing 737-800	8	—	8	156	164
Total	26	0

External links

• Official website (Chinese)