Tibet Airlines

Updated on Nov 26, 2024

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TV TBA Destinations 24 Headquarters Lhasa, China Fleet size 20		TBA TIBET Parent company Air China Founded 2010 Parent organization Air China

Hubs Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Key people Liu Yanping, General Manager Hub Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

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Tibet Airlines (Chinese: 西藏航空公司; pinyin: XīzàngHángkōngGōngsī; Tibetan: བོད་ལྗོངས་མཁའ་འགྲུལ།, Wylie: bod ljongs mkha' 'grul) is an airline with its corporate headquarters and registered office in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, and operates scheduled domestic flights out of Lhasa Gonggar Airport.

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History

Tibet Airlines was approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in March 2010. It originally ordered three Airbus A319 airliners, receiving its first aircraft on 2 July 2011.

The airline commenced its inaugural route from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Ngari Gunsa Airport on 26 July 2011 and began flights to Beijing and Shanghai later that year. The airline also announced plans to start direct flights to Europe by 2016. In February 2011, the Times of India reported that the airline was interested in starting operations in India and other countries in South and South East Asia.

The first international flight of Tibet Airlines was launched on 1 July 2016, connecting Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Samui Airport in Thailand. In September 2016, the airline confirmed that they had received permission to launch service to the Black Sea resort of Sochi from Sanya via Chengdu, starting in 2017.

Corporate affairs

The airline has its head office and its registered office in the Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone (S:拉萨市经济技术开发区, T: 拉薩市經濟技術開發區, P: Lāsà Shì Jīngjì Jìshù Kāifāqū), in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It also has an office in Chengdu.