LJ Air or Longjiang Airlines Co.Ltd is a scheduled
airline
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based at
Harbin Taiping International Airport
Harbin Taiping International Airport is an international airport serving Harbin, the capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. The airport handled 20,431,432 passengers in 2018, making it the 20th busiest airport in mainland Chi ...
,
Harbin
Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...
,
China
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. It commenced its first flight on 10 February 2017 from
Harbin
Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...
to
Hefei
Hefei is the Capital city, capital of Anhui, China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or ''metro'') area is made up of four u ...
.
The airline earlier was scheduled to launch operations from June 2016 but it was delayed. It commenced services with two
Airbus A321
The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, Narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body, commercial passenger Twinjet, twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 236 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was ...
s. It received its AOC certificate in February 2017.
History
LJ Air or Longjiang Airlines was founded in 2014 with its headquarters in
Harbin
Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. 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
Hefei is the Capital city, capital of Anhui, China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or ''metro'') area is made up of four u ...
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.
Fleet
, the LJ Air fleet includes the following aircraft:
See also
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List of airlines of China
References
External links
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Debit and credit disputes with Shanghai Zendai GroupDebit and credit disputes with Hifur Group
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2014 establishments in Harbin
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Airlines established in 2014
2014 in Harbin