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The crew of Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 were hailed as heroes by the public media and the captain, Liu Chuanjian was given a prize of 5 million yuan (£569,400). [17] The crew and pilots continue to work for Sichuan Airlines and the airline continues to keep flight 3U8633 in operation, flying the same route. [18]
The airline was established on 19 September 1986 as Sichuan Airlines Company, its first flight was on 14 July 1988 between Chengdu and Wanzhou. [citation needed]The airline was later restructured as Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. on 29 August 2002, in which the Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. Group became the major shareholder (40%).
Sichuan Airlines serves the following destinations (as of September 2023). List. Hub Focus city Cargo Seasonal Future route Terminated route City State/Province
Status-Alpha Airline: STATUS-ALPHA Ukraine STC Stadium City Limited: STADIUM United Kingdom STD Servicios De Aerotransportacion De Aguascalientes: AERO AGUASCALINETES Mexico STE Semitool Europe: SEMITRANS United Kingdom STF SFT-Sudanese Flight: Sudan STG Sedalia, Marshall, Boonville Stage Line: STAGE United States STH South-Airlines: Armenia ...
The airport is intended to become the third-largest airport hub in China, after Beijing and Shanghai.The airport opened with three runways (two north-south and one east-west) with two terminals with a capacity of 60 million passengers per year by 2025 and a cargo capacity of 24.45 thousand tonnes.
In the meantime, T1 was temporarily closed, T2 serve only domestic flights operated by Sichuan Airlines, West Airlines, Huaxia Airlines and Spring Airlines, and the remaining flights were transferred to T3A. In addition, the airport operates a free trans-shipment shuttle between T2 and T3A in a 24-hour operation. [12]
Chengdu Airlines is an airline headquartered in Shuangliu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. [3] A subsidiary of Sichuan Airlines , it operates a network of scheduled domestic passenger flights out of its hub at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport both located in Chengdu.
On 11 November 2016, Sichuan Airlines launched non-stop flights to Vancouver. It is the first regular non-stop intercontinental passenger service for the airport. [14] [15] Non-stop flight service to Melbourne were initiated by Jetstar on 6 December 2017. [16] This was the first air route to Australia from the airport.