Sichuan Airlines Expands Its All-Airbus Fleet to 107 Aircraft

Sichuan Airlines (3U), which operates China's largest all-Airbus fleet, took delivery of a brand new Airbus A320 aircraft at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) on early Wednesday, expanding its fleet to 107 aircraft.

The new A320-200 aircraft, Registration B-8325, touched down at Chengdu airport at 4: 54 a.m., Wednesday, which is the second type delivered to Sichuan Airlines in October.

Sichuan Airlines took delivery of its 100th Airbus aircraft on May 22, 2015, making the Chengdu-based carrier become the seventh airline in China to have a fleet of 100 or more aircraft.

Now, the Chengdu-based carrier operates 107 Airbus aircraft, including 24 A319s, 49 A320s, 26 A321s and eight A330s. It also plans to take another 100 aircraft over the next decade.