Urumqi Air Explained

Airline:Urumqi Air
乌鲁木齐航空
烏魯木齊航空
Iata:UQ
Icao:CUH
Callsign:LOU LAN
Hubs:Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
Alliance:U-FLY Alliance
Fleet Size:16
Destinations:31
Parent:Hainan Airlines
Headquarters:Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China

Urumqi Air is a low-cost airline[1] headquartered in Ürümqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It operates scheduled passenger services. Its main hub is Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi. The airline is one of the four founding members of the U-FLY Alliance. As of 2019, the airline exceeded eight million passengers and has operated an accumulated 150,000 flight hours.[2]

Destinations

CountryCityAirportNoteRef
ChinaAksuAkesu Hongqipo Airport
ChangshaChangsha Huanghua International Airport
ChengduChengdu Shuangliu International Airport
HaikouHaikou Meilan International Airport
HefeiHefei Xinqiao International Airport
HotanHetian Kungang Airport
KaramayKelamayi Guhai Airport
KashgarKashi Laining International Airport
LanzhouLanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
LianyungangLianyungang Baitabu Airport
Lianyungang Huaguoshan Airport
MianyangMianyang Nanjiao Airport
QingdaoQingdao Jiaodong International Airport
Qingdao Liuting International Airport
ÜrümqiÜrümqi Diwopu International Airport
Xi'anXi'an Xianyang International Airport
YiningYining Airport
ZhengzhouZhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport[3]
JapanNagoyaChubu Centrair International Airport
RussiaIrkutskInternational Airport Irkutsk[4]
ThailandBangkokSuvarnabhumi Airport

Fleet

, Urumqi Air operates the following aircraft:[5] [6]

Urumqi Air fleet
AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotes
Boeing 737-80015 - 186
Comac ARJ21-70014[7] TBADeliveries since 2019.
Total154

External links

Notes and References

  1. "https://centreforaviation.com/data/profiles/airlines/urumqi-air-uq." CAPA. Retrieved on November 15, 2017. "Urumqi Air Profile."
  2. Web site: Urumqi Air exceeds 8m pax in five years of operations | CAPA.
  3. Web site: 乌鲁木齐航空将于6月开通乌鲁木齐-郑州-青岛往返航线-中新网.
  4. News: Liu . Jim . Urumqi Air proposes Irkutsk late-June 2018 launch . 15 June 2018 . Routesonline . 15 June 2018.
  5. Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One) . Airliner World . October 2019 . 11.
  6. Web site: Urumqi Air Fleet Details and History. planespotters.net. 23 August 2018. 14 December 2022.
  7. Web site: China's Urumqi Air commits to five ARJ21s. ch-aviation.com. 7 November 2018.