| Airline: | Ruili Airlines |
| Fleet Size: | 23 |
| Destinations: | 34 |
| Iata: | DR[1] |
| Icao: | RLH |
| Callsign: | SENDI[2] |
| Parent: | Jincheng Group |
| Founded: | 2014 |
| Headquarters: | Kunming, Yunnan, China |
| Key People: | Dong Lecheng (Chairman) |
| Hubs: | Kunming Changshui International Airport |
| Website: | http://www.rlair.net/ |
| Ruili Airlines Co., Ltd. | |
| Order: | st |
| S: | 瑞丽航空公司 |
| T: | 瑞麗航空公司 |
| P: | Ruìlì Hángkōng gōngsī |
Ruili Airlines Co., Ltd., is a Chinese low-cost carrier headquartered at Kunming Changshui International Airport. It provides both domestic and international services to destinations in China and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.[3] [4]
The airline was established in 2014 and is wholly owned by the Jingcheng Group.[4] It received its air operator's certificate on 22 January 2014[5] and flew its first service on 18 May 2014, between Kunming and Mangshi.[6] Five Boeing 787-9s were ordered in 2016, however as of November 2023 none had been delivered.
As of March 2018, the airline served 34 destinations in China and in Southeast Asia.[7]
, the Ruili Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[8] [9]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||||
| Boeing 737-700 | 7 | - | - | 144 | 144 | ||
| Boeing 737-800 | 16 | - | - | 186 | 186 | ||
| 8 | 168 | 176 | |||||
| Boeing 737 MAX | - | 60[10] | TBA | Unspecified variants.[11] | |||
| Boeing 787-9 | - | 6 | TBA | ||||
| Total | 23 | 66 | |||||
The airline received its two Boeing 737-700s from Air Berlin (formerly D-ABLE and D-ABLF) on 6 January 2014. However, the aircraft were returned to Southwest Airlines in May 2015. The first 737-800 was received on 30 March 2014, and the direct purchase Boeing 737-700 from Boeing was on 25 November 2014. It has orders and commitments for a further 13 Boeing 737 aircraft (7 Boeing 737-700 and 6 Boeing 737 MAX).
In mid-2015, the airline signed a commitment to purchase and lease 60 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, subject to final negotiations.[12]
In July 2016, Ruili Airlines finalized an order for six Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The deal was worth US$1.59 billion.[13] [14]