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Spring Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a

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with its headquarters in the Homeyo Hotel () in Changning District,

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, China. While the company adopted the English name "Spring Airlines", the Chinese name literally means "Spring Autumn Airlines". Spring Airlines is the aviation subsidiary of Shanghai Spring International Travel Service. It reported a net profit of 950 million yuan ($143 million) in 2016.

History and development

The airline was given approval to be established on 26 May 2004. Its first aircraft, an Airbus A320 (formerly of

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), was delivered on 12 July 2005, at

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is one of the two international airports of Shanghai and a significant airline hub of China. Hongqiao Airport mainly serves domestic and regional flights, although the airport also serves international f ...

. Spring Airlines started operations on 18 July 2005 and the first flight on that day was between

and

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