Fuzhou Airlines

The airline was formed as a joint venture subsidiary of HNA Group and Fuzhou Municipal Government. As part of its initial operation, Fuzhou Airlines' professional personnel (including pilots, MRO staff and cabin crew)^[2] were provided by its parent company Hainan Airlines.^[3][4]

On 17 October 2014, the carrier secured its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).^[5][6] This certificate was needed to allow the launch later that month.^[7] Operations started on 30 October 2014 with its maiden flight serving the Fuzhou–Beijing sector.^[5][8][9]

As of October 2014^[update], Fuzhou Airlines has a registered capital of CNY2 billion ($33 million). The major shareholder of the company is the HNA Group (CNY1.2 billion, 60% stake), with the balance split between the Fuzhou State-owned Investment Holdings Co. keeping 20% of the shares and Century Golden Resources Group and Ningbo Ruitong Network Technology Co. having 10% each.^[10]

Prior to the launch of services, the airline stated it had been approved to initially fly to seven domestic destinations from Fuzhou: Chongqing, Kunming, Haikou, Hefei, Taiyuan, Tianjin and Xi'an.^[6] All these routes, along with another one serving Shanghai-Pudong, commenced on 30 October 2014 (2014-10-30), when formal operations were launched.^[10] The carrier plans to expand in the future in order to serve over a dozen domestic routes.^[7]

As of August 2025^[update], Fuzhou Airlines operates the following aircraft:^[11]

The company took delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 sourced from Hainan Airlines that was repainted in a red and white livery, in early October 2014 (2014-10).^[13] Fuzhou Airlines started operations with a fleet of two of these aircraft using a seating layout able to accommodate 8 passengers in Business and 156 in Economy class.^[8] There are plans to expand the number of aircraft in the fleet to 40 by 2020.^[13]

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