ROUTES - Urumqi Airlines begins commercial operations with the C909

Urumqi Airlines C909 officially launched its inaugural flight today, flying between Urumqi, Karamay and Hotan.
Urumqi Airlines is the first Chinese airline to offer business class service on the C909, becoming the eighth operator of the C909 in China.

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FLEET - Urumqi Air (China) took delivery of its first C909 ( Acquire 40 C909 )

Currently, Urumqi Air operates a fleet of 15 Boeing 737-800s, but the addition of the C909 aircraft will allow the carrier to expand its regional services and strengthen its presence in China’s Xinjiang region. This move aligns with China’s broader push to support domestically-produced aircraft, as the C909, a rebranded version of the ARJ21-700, is manufactured by COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China).

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Urumqi Airlines Tops On-time Rankings Again

The average on-time performance of Chinese passenger airlines stood at 63.18% in May 2015, down 4.01 percentage points year on year, according to the data released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).

Urumqi Airlines (QU) took the top spot for the second consecutive months, with an on-time performance of 91.37%.

Qingdao Airlines (QW) took the second place with an on-time performance of 77.06% in May, which was over 13 percentage points better than the industry average.

Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) was ranked at the bottom of the list with only 45.38% of its flights operated on time in the past month.

Here are the regulator's rankings of the leading airlines and their on-time performance for May: Urumqi Airlines (91.37%), Qingdao Airlines (77.06%), Joy Air (76.28), Grand China Air (75.35%), Tianjin Airlines (74.84%), Kunming Airlines (73.25%), Shandong Airlines (72.77%), Juneyao Airlines (72.42%), Okay Airways (71.97%), Sichuan Airlines (71.41%) Air China (69.71%) and Lucky Air (69.42%).

China's Urumqi Air Makes Inaugural Flight

WCARN.com | Aug. 29, 2014
Urumqi Air's Boeing 737-800 aircraft
 China's start-up Urumqi Air Co., Ltd. (UQ), made its maiden commercial flight Friday, with a Boeing 787-800 aircraft taking off from Urumqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) at 10:18 a.m.
According to VeryZhun, China's leading flight status service provider, the inaugural flight UQ2515 took off from URC at 10:18 a.m. and is expected to arrive at Yining Airport (YIN) at 11:20 a.m., with the return flight UQ2516 departing Yinning at 11:55 a.m. and arriving in Urumqi at 12:55 p.m. On the same day, flight UQ2511 is scheduled to take off from URC at 2:00 p.m. and arrive at Kashi Airport (KHG) at 3:40 p.m, with the return flight UQ2512 departing Yinning at 4:15 p.m. and landing in Urumqi at 5:55 p.m.

 Urumqi Air, which is the first local carrier in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China, received its operation license on Thursday. Aiming to play a major role in the New Silk Road, it will firstly focus on air routes in Xinjiang with the goal of extending to markets in Central and West Asia and Europe, according to Cen Jianjun, president of Urumqi Air.

In the initial stage, the start-up airline will fly four regional routes within Xinjiang and two domestic routes, with three Boeing 737-800s configured with all 186 economy class seats.
Urumqi Air took delivery of its very first aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, on Aug. 20. The other two 737-800s will join the fleet in September.
Registered in Urumqi Gaoxin District on May 15, 2014, Urumqi Air is a joint venture between Hainan Airlines, the controlling stakeholder with a 70% stake and Urumqi Urban Construction Investment, holding the rest 30%, with total investment capital of 3 billion yuan.

Urumqi Airlines Welcomes Its First Aircraft

Urumqi Airlines took delivery of its first aircraft, with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft painted in the airline's livery landing smoothly at Urumqi Diwopu International Airport. Image by HNA Group
 On Aug. 20, China's start-up Urumqi Airlines Co., Ltd. (UQ) took delivery of its very first aircraft with a Boeing 737-800 painted in the airline's livery landing smoothly at Urumqi Diwopu International Airport (URC).
The Boeing 737-800, registration B-2157, is the airline's first aircraft introduced from its parent company Hainan Airlines (HU), which will operate the airline's inaugural flight on Aug. 29.
With the introduction of first aircraft, Urumqi Airlines unveiled its logo and aircraft livery as well. The logo integrates the three-color Adlai silk and flying dove, which highlights the geographical reputation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, symbolizing peace and friendship. The carrier employs
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