QW QDA Destinations 5 Headquarters Qingdao, China Fleet size 9 | QDA SKY LEGEND Parent company Nanshan Group (55%) Founded 2013 Parent organization Nanshan Group | |
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Commenced operations 26 April 2014 (2014-04-26) Operating bases Founders Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Transport Development Group, Nanshan Group | ||
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Qingdao Airlines is a startup Chinese airline that commenced operations on 26 April 2014 (2014-04-26). The carrier is based at Qingdao Liuting International Airport.
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History
An application for the establishment of an airline based in the Shandong province was filed with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) by the Yantai-based Nanshan Group in May 2013 (2013-05). Approval was received by the CAAC between that month and June 2013 (2013-06), when Qingdao Airlines was formed.
Ownership
Initially, the airline was owned by the Nanshan Group (55%), the Qingdao Transport Development Group (QTDG) (25%) and Shandong Airlines (20%). The initial capital of Qingdao Airlines was CNY1 billion (USD161 million). In July 2015 (2015-07), Shandong Airlines transferred its shares to a subsidiary of the Nanshan Group; as of August 2015, the airline plans to sell the 25% of the shares held by QTDG in order to become fully private.
Key people
As of April 2014, Song Zuowen was the president of the airline.
Headquarters
The airline's headquarters are in Chengyang District, Qingdao.
Destinations
Operations started on 26 April 2014 (2014-04-26) linking Qingdao with Chengdu. As of May 2014, the airline's top five routes ranked by seat capacity were Qingdao–Shanghai, Qingdao–Beijing, Qingdao–Hangzhou, Qingdao–Shenyang and Qingdao–Dalian. As of August 2015, Qingdao Airlines served the following destinations:
The airline aims to become a ″boutique airline″ and has plans to start services to Shenzhen and Shenyang in the near future; Guangzhou and Shanghai are expected to be served in the longer term.
Fleet
The Qingdao Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):
In September 2013 (2013-09), an order for five Airbus A320s and 18 A320neos was placed in a deal valued at USD2.5 billion; these aircraft will be delivered in 2016. The carrier phased in its first aircraft, a 152-seater Airbus A320, in early April 2014 (2014-04). Qingdao Airlines plans to expand its fleet to 60 aircraft by 2020.