Chengdu Airlines Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 成都航空有限公司;), a subsidiary of Sichuan Airlines, is headquartered in Chengdu, China. It operates out of its hub at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
Originally named United Eagle Airlines CO.，LTD, the company was founded in 2004 by a former executive of China Northwest Airlines, with the necessary funding being provided by the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation. It took delivery of its first aircraft, an AirbusA320 that previously had belonged to Air Jamaica, on 8 July 2005 and on 27 July, revenue flights were commenced. Another similar aircraft type, the slightly smaller AirbusA319, was put in service with United Eagle Airlines on 2 December of that year.
In March 2009, Sichuan Airlines invested 200 million RMB (30million USD) in United Eagle Airlines, thus holding 76 percent of the shares. In late 2009,these shares were sold to Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac and to Chengdu Communications Investment Group. Following this ownership change, on 23 January 2010, the airline was renamed Chengdu Airlines.
As of May, 2018, the Chengdu Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 5.2 years:
Chengdu Airlines fleet
Airbus A319-100...4
Airbus A320-200...35
Comac ARJ21-700...26
