Qingdao Airlines
A Qingdao Airlines Airbus A320neo at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport | |||||||
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| Founded | June 2013 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 26 April 2014 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 38 | ||||||
| Destinations | 24 | ||||||
| Parent company | Nanshan Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Chengyang, Qingdao, Shandong, China | ||||||
| Key people | Song Zuowen (President) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 青岛航空 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 青島航空 | ||||||
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Qingdao Airlines is a Chinese airline that commenced operations on 26 April 2014. The carrier is based at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport.
Initially, the airline was owned by the Nanshan Group (55%), the Qingdao Transport Development Group (QTDG) (25%) and Shandong Airlines (20%). The initial capital of Qingdao Airlines was CNY1 billion (USD161 million). In July 2015, Shandong Airlines transferred its shares to a subsidiary of the Nanshan Group; as of August 2015, the airline plans to sell the 25% of the shares held by QTDG in order to become fully private. Since November 2015, Qingdao Airlines was fully owned by Nanshan Group.
The airline's headquarters are in Chengyang District, Qingdao.