CHINA; Lucky Air

Lucky Air is an airline based in the Xiángpéng Hángkōng Dàshà in Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China, near the Honghe Hotel. It operates scheduled services from Dali to Kunming and Xishuangbanna, and plans to expand to other areas of China. Its main base is Kunming Changshui International Airport.

The airline was established in July 2004 as a start-up airline known as Shilin Airlines.

In July 2004 it was reported that Hainan Airlines was investing 2.93 million yuan and providing three Dornier aircraft to the new company. An affiliate of Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines, was investing 47.07 million yuan and providing a Boeing and a de Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation Co. would invest 1 million yuan.

On 23 December 2005, Shilin Airlines changed name to Lucky Air. It started operations with a flight between Kunming and Dali within Yunnan on 26 February 2006.[citation needed]

The airline is owned by Hainan Airlines, Shanxi Airlines and Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation. It has 263 employees (at March 2007).

The Lucky Air fleet includes the following aircraft as of December 2015:

Aircraft Total
Airbus A319-100 3
Airbus A320-200 4
Boeing 737-700 11
Boeing 737-800 8
Total 26