Tibet Airlines

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བོད་ལྗོངས་མཁའ་འགྲུལ།
西藏航空

Tibet Airlines
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TVTBATIBET
FoundedMarch 2010;14 years ago (2010-03)
Commenced operations26 July 2011;13 years ago (2011-07-26)
Hubs
Fleet size43
Destinations24
Headquarters Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region
Key peopleLiu Yanping, General Manager
Website www.tibetairlines.com.cn

Tibet Airlines (Tibetan : བོད་ལྗོངས་མཁའ་འགྲུལ།, Wylie : bod ljongs mkha' 'grul; Chinese : 西藏 航空 ; pinyin :Xīzàng Hángkōng, abbreviated Chinese:藏航; pinyin:Zàngháng) is an airline with its corporate headquarters and registered office in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, and operates scheduled domestic flights out of Lhasa Gonggar Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.

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History

Tibet Airlines was approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in March 2010. [1] It originally ordered three Airbus A319 airliners, [2] receiving its first aircraft on 2 July 2011.

The airline commenced its inaugural route from Lhasa Gonggar Airport to Ngari Gunsa Airport on 26 July 2011 and began flights to Beijing and Shanghai later that year. The airline also announced plans to start direct flights to Europe by 2016. [3] In February 2011, The Times of India reported that the airline was interested in starting operations in India and other countries in South and South East Asia. [4]

The first international flight of Tibet Airlines was launched on 1 July 2016, connecting Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport and Samui Airport in Thailand. [5] In September 2016, the airline confirmed that they had received permission to launch service to the Black Sea resort of Sochi from Sanya via Chengdu, starting in 2017. [6]

On 8 January 2019, Finnish airport operator Finavia announced that Tibet Airlines will open a new route between Jinan, Shandong Province and Helsinki, Finland in April 2019. The route is to be operated twice weekly with Airbus A330 equipment. [7]

Corporate affairs

The airline has its head office and its registered office in the Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone (simplified Chinese :拉萨市经济技术开发区; traditional Chinese :拉薩市經濟技術開發區; pinyin :Lāsà Shì Jīngjì Jìshù Kāifāqū), [8] in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. [9] [10] It also has an office in Chengdu. [8]

Destinations

Country (State/Province)CityAirportNotesRefs
China Beijing Beijing Capital International Airport
China (Sichuan) Chengdu Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Hub
China Chongqing Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
China (Qinghai) Golmud Golmud Airport
China (Guizhou) Guiyang Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport
China (Hainan) Haikou Haikou Meilan International Airport Terminated
China (Zhejiang) Hangzhou Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
China (Yunnan) Kunming Kunming Changshui International Airport
China (Gansu) Lanzhou Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
China (Tibet) Lhasa Lhasa Gonggar Airport Hub
China (Sichuan) Mianyang Mianyang Nanjiao Airport
China (Jiangsu) Nanjing Nanjing Lukou International Airport
China (Tibet) Nyingchi Nyingchi Mainling Airport
China (Tibet) Qamdo Qamdo Bangda Airport
China (Hainan) Sanya Sanya Phoenix International Airport [11]
China Shanghai Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
China (Guangdong) Shenzhen Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport
China (Tibet) Shigatse Shigatse Peace Airport
China (Tibet) Shiquanhe Ngari Gunsa Airport
China (Shanxi) Taiyuan Taiyuan Wusu International Airport
China Tianjin Tianjin Binhai International Airport
China (Hubei) Wuhan Wuhan Tianhe International Airport
China (Fujian) Xiamen Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
China (Qinghai) Xining Xining Caojiabao International Airport
China (Sichuan) Yibin Yibin Caiba Airport
China (Ningxia) Yinchuan Yinchuan Hedong International Airport
China (Qinghai) Yushu City Yushu Batang Airport
China (Henan) Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport Terminated
Finland Helsinki Helsinki Airport Terminated
Nepal Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport [12]
Russia (Krasnodar Krai) Sochi Sochi International Airport Terminated [11]
Thailand (Surat Thani) Ko Samui Samui Airport [13] [14]

Fleet

Tibet Airlines Airbus A319 Tibet Airlines Airbus A319 Jordan.jpg
Tibet Airlines Airbus A319
Tibet Airlines Airbus A330 B-1047@PEK (20180319133008).jpg
Tibet Airlines Airbus A330

As of November 2024, Tibet Airlines operates the following aircraft: [15]

Tibet Airlines fleet
AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotes
CWYTotal
Airbus A319-100 278120128
Airbus A319neo 7411120128
Airbus A320-200 68150158
Airbus A330-200 5 [16] 1232235279 [17]
Comac C909 10
Comac C919 40
Total4554

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