Fuzhou Airlines

Chinese airline

Fuzhou Airlines

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
FU	FZA	STRAIT AIR

Operating bases

Fuzhou Changle International Airport

Fleet size

Parent company

HNA Group

Headquarters

Fuzhou Changle International Airport, Fuzhou, China

Website

www.fuzhou-air.cn

Fuzhou Airlines

Simplified Chinese

福州航空

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fúzhōu Hángkōng

Fuzhou Airlines is an airline headquartered at Fuzhou Changle International Airport, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China. It is a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines.

History

The airline was formed as a joint venture subsidiary of HNA Group and Fuzhou Municipal Government. As part of its initial operation, Fuzhou Airlines' professional personnel (including pilots, MRO staff and cabin crew)^[1] were provided by its parent company Hainan Airlines.^[2]^[3]

On 17 October 2014, the carrier secured its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).^[4]^[5] This certificate was needed to allow the launch later that month.^[6] Operations started on 30 October 2014 with its maiden flight serving the Fuzhou–Beijing sector.^[4]^[7]^[8]

Ownership

As of October 2014^[update], Fuzhou Airlines has a registered capital of CNY2 billion ($33 million). The major shareholder of the company is the HNA Group (CNY1.2 billion, 60% stake), with the balance split between the Fuzhou State-owned Investment Holdings Co. keeping 20% of the shares and Century Golden Resources Group and Ningbo Ruitong Network Technology Co. having 10% each.^[9]

Destinations

Prior to the launch of services, the airline stated it had been approved to initially fly to seven domestic destinations from Fuzhou: Chongqing, Kunming, Haikou, Hefei, Taiyuan, Tianjin and Xi'an.^[5] All these routes, along with another one serving Shanghai-Pudong, commenced on 30 October 2014 (2014-10-30), when formal operations were launched.^[9] The carrier plans to expand in the future in order to serve over a dozen domestic routes.^[6]

Fleet

As of May 2023^[update], Fuzhou Airlines operates the following aircraft:^[10]^[11]

Fuzhou Airlines fleet
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	C	Y	Total	Notes
Boeing 737-800	14	—	8	156	164
Boeing 737 MAX 8	2^[12]	—	Unknown
Total	16	—

The company took delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 sourced from Hainan Airlines that was repainted in a red and white livery, in early October 2014 (2014-10).^[13] Fuzhou Airlines started operations with a fleet of two of these aircraft using a seating layout able to accommodate 8 passengers in Business and 156 in Economy class.^[7] There are plans to expand the number of aircraft in the fleet to 40 by 2020.^[13]

References

^ Cantle, Katie (September 30, 2014). "Fuzhou Airlines postpones inaugural flight until end of October". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on September 30, 2014.
^ The Public Notice on The Subject of Approving the Preparation of Fuzhou Airlines Archived March 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ Hainan Airlines to launch Fuzhou-based airline Archived August 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Travel Daily Asia. 24 Jan 2014. Retrieved 26 Mar 2014.
^ ^a ^b Toh, Mavis (October 30, 2014). "PICTURE: Fuzhou Airlines launches operations". Flightglobal. Singapore. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Fuzhou Airlines receives approval to launch seven routes initially". CAPA Centre for Aviation. October 27, 2014. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Chinese start-up, Fuzhou Airlines, secures AOC".
^ ^a ^b Nilsson, Olivier (October 31, 2014). "Chine : Fuzhou Airlines inaugure ses vols" [China: Fuzhou Airlines launched operations]. Air Journal (in French). Archived from the original on November 1, 2014.
^ "Fuzhou Airlines inaugurated on Oct 30 - What's on Xiamen". Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Cantle, Katie (October 31, 2014). "HNA Group subsidiary Fuzhou Airlines launches formal operations". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014.
^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 11.
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^ "Ethiopian Airline Crash Updates: Data and Voice Recorders Recovered". The New York Times. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Ricci, Joël (October 11, 2014). "Fuzhou Airlines reçoit son premier Boeing 737" [Fuzhou Airlines received its first Boeing 737]. Air Journal (in French). Archived from the original on November 1, 2014.