Chinese start up airline
Zhejiang Loong Airlines plans to start flying on domestic routes later this
year after it signed a MoU with Airbus for 20 A320 aircraft.
The Airbus order is made
up of 11 A320ceo and nine A320neo aircraft. The airline, which is based in Hangzhou in Zhejiang
Province in Eastern
China , recently received approval by the Civil Aviation
Administration of China (CAAC) for passenger flight operations.
The airline’s passenger
operations will initially operate from Hangzhou
to Tier 1 cities including Chengdu , Chongqing , Shenzhen and Xi’an .
It has ambitions to expand regionally and internationally in three to
five years.
Chairman of Zhejiang Loong
Airlines Liu Qihong, confirmed the airline’s international ambitions. “I
believe the Airbus A320 aircraft will help us to achieve the goal of building
intensive domestic and international networks around Hangzhou ,” he said.
Fabrice Bregier, Airbus
president and CEO added: “Based in Eastern China ,
where the economy is growing fast and strong, Zhejiang Loong Airlines will have
with their efficient A320 Family aircraft an excellent basis for a prosperous
future and surely will contribute to boost the economic development of this
area further."
Source: routes-news