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Scheduled passenger and cargo regional airline founded by Hainan Airlines and its subsidiary Shanxi Airlines as Shilin Airlines. Company changed name to Lucky Air in 2005 and operations started in February 2006 between Kunming and Dali useing Dornier 328s provided by Hainan Airlines.
Soon Lucky Air expanded operations to Chengdu, Chongqing, Taiyuan, Guiyang, Banna and Dali from its base at Kunming. By 2018 all major cities in China are served as well as international destination that include resorts in Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia as well as Cebu in the Philippines.
Airline is part of Hainan Group. Yunnan provincial government also holds a stake.
founded - demised (age)
2004 - present (20years)
headquarters
, Kunming
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