Chengdu Airlines is a Chinese airline headquartered in Shuangliu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.[3] A subsidiary of Sichuan Airlines, it operates a network of scheduled domestic passenger flights from its hub at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport.
History
Originally named United Eagle Airlines Co., Ltd (also known as UEAir), the company was founded in 2004 by a former executive of China Northwest Airlines, with the necessary funding being provided by the Vickers Financial Group.[4] It received its first airliner, an Airbus A320 that previously had belonged to Air Jamaica, on 8 July 2005, and service began on 27 July.[4] Another similar aircraft type, the slightly smaller