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LJ Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
LT SNG SNOW EAGLE
Founded2014
Commenced operations10 February 2017
HubsHarbin Taiping International Airport Harbin
Fleet size4
Destinations5
HeadquartersHarbin, China
Key peopleLiang Fuhua (owner)
Websitewww.longjianghk.com
LJ Air
Simplified Chinese龙江航空
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLóngjiāng hángkōng

LJ Air or Longjiang Airlines Co.Ltd is a scheduled airline based at Harbin Taiping International Airport, Harbin, China. It commenced its first flight on 10 February 2017 from Harbin to Hefei.[1] The airline earlier was scheduled to launch operations from June 2016 but it was delayed. It commenced services with two Airbus A321s. It received its AOC certificate in February 2017.[2]

History

LJ Air or Longjiang Airlines was founded in 2014 with its headquarters in Harbin, China. It was to start its operations in December 2015, but was delayed. The airline then wanted to start operations in June 2016 but again was delayed in receiving its AOC certificate, which it finally received in February 2017. It finally started operations on 10 February 2017, operating the flight between Harbin and Hefei with an Airbus A321. It currently has a fleet of one Airbus 320 and two Airbus A321s.

Destinations

As of January 2020, LJ Air serves five destinations in China. It plans to open up new services to other destinations to China in the coming years.[3][4]

Country Destination Airport Notes Refs
China Chongqing Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport [4]
Harbin Harbin Taiping International Airport Hub [4]
Hefei Hefei Xinqiao International Airport [4]
Yinchuan Yinchuan Hedong International Airport [4]
Zhuhai Zhuhai Jinwan Airport [4]

Fleet

As of June 2020, the LJ Air fleet includes the following aircraft:[5][6]

LJ Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A320-200 2 — — 180 180
Airbus A321-200 2 — 8 182 190 One stored[7]
Total 4 —

See also

References

  1. ^ "LJ Air (LongJiang Airlines) today (10 Feb 2017) operated inaugural flight, Harbin to Hefei". Twitter. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Longjiang Airlines eyes fleet expansion, int'l routes". ch-aviation. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Chinese start-up Longjiang Airlines to debut in December". Ch aviation. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "LongJiang Airlines Routes". FlightRadar24. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 21.
  6. ^ "Hunnu Air Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 11.
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