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Chinese airline
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西藏航空
Tibet Airlines
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Founded
| March 2010
; 14 years ago
(
2010-03
)
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Commenced operations
| 26 July 2011
; 12 years ago
(
2011-07-26
)
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Hubs
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Fleet size
| 43(+40)
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Destinations
| 24
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Headquarters
| Lhasa
,
Tibet Autonomous Region
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Key people
| Liu Yanping, General Manager
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Website
| www
.tibetairlines
.com
.cn
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Tibet Airlines
(
Tibetan
:
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,
Wylie
:
bod ljongs mkha' 'grul
;
Chinese
:
西藏
航空
;
pinyin
:
X?zang Hangk?ng
, abbreviated Chinese:
藏航
; pinyin:
Zanghang
) is an
airline
with its corporate headquarters and
registered office
in
Lhasa
,
Tibet Autonomous Region
, and operates scheduled domestic flights out of
Lhasa Gonggar Airport
and
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
.
History
[
edit
]
Tibet Airlines was approved by the
Civil Aviation Administration of China
in March 2010.
[1]
It originally ordered three
Airbus
A319
airliners,
[2]
receiving its first aircraft on 2 July 2011.
The airline commenced its inaugural route from
Lhasa Gonggar Airport
to
Ngari Gunsa Airport
on 26 July 2011 and began flights to
Beijing
and
Shanghai
later that year. The airline also announced plans to start direct flights to
Europe
by 2016.
[3]
In February 2011,
The Times of India
reported that the airline was interested in starting operations in
India
and other countries in South and South East Asia.
[4]
The first international flight of Tibet Airlines was launched on 1 July 2016, connecting
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
and
Samui Airport
in Thailand.
[5]
In September 2016, the airline confirmed that they had received permission to launch service to the Black Sea resort of Sochi from Sanya via Chengdu, starting in 2017.
[6]
On 8 January 2019, Finnish airport operator
Finavia
announced that Tibet Airlines will open a new route between
Jinan
,
Shandong Province
and
Helsinki
,
Finland
in April 2019. The route is to be operated twice weekly with
Airbus
A330
equipment.
[7]
Corporate affairs
[
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]
The airline has its head office and its
registered office
in the Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone (
simplified Chinese
:
拉?市??技????
;
traditional Chinese
:
拉薩市經濟技術開發區
;
pinyin
:
L?sa Shi J?ngji Jishu K?if?q?
),
[8]
in
Lhasa
,
Tibet Autonomous Region
.
[9]
[10]
It also has an office in
Chengdu
.
[8]
Destinations
[
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Fleet
[
edit
]
Tibet Airlines Airbus A319
Tibet Airlines Airbus A330
As of September 2023
[update]
, Tibet Airlines operates the following aircraft:
[14]
[15]
Incidents and accidents
[
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]
References
[
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]
External links
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]
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