Qingdao Airlines is a Chinese airline that commenced operations on 26 April 2014. The carrier is based at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport .
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27-413: Is an airline that differentiates from the competition through unique customer experience and personalization. In the same way as boutique hotels , boutique airlines are equally appropriate for business and vacation travel. It is a category of its own, with a focus on lifestyle branding, and thus positions airline outside the traditional segmentation of four- and five-star airlines . For traveling,
36-878: The Shandong province was filed with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) by the Yantai -based Nanshan Group in May 2013. Approval was received by the CAAC between that month and June 2013, when Qingdao Airlines was formed. Initially, the airline was owned by the Nanshan Group (55%), the Qingdao Transport Development Group (QTDG) (25%) and Shandong Airlines (20%). The initial capital of Qingdao Airlines
45-447: The airline 's top five routes ranked by seat capacity were Qingdao–Shanghai, Qingdao–Beijing, Qingdao–Hangzhou, Qingdao–Shenyang and Qingdao–Dalian. As of October 2016 , Qingdao Airlines served the following destinations: As of August 2024 , Qingdao Airlines operates to the following destinations: The airline originally aimed to become a ″ boutique airline ″ and had plans to start services to Shenzhen and Shenyang in
54-880: The definition of boutique comes from the term boutique hotels , which refers to intimate and stylish establishments providing luxurious experiences. Generally, boutique also refers to themed lifestyle or design hotels as a contrast to large hotel brands that focus on comfort and convenience in standardized packages. Skift lists Singapore Airlines , Fiji Airways , Malaysia Airlines , Korean Air , Emirates , Finnair , Etihad Airways , TAP Air Portugal , Saudia , Qatar Airways , Virgin Australia , All Nippon Airways , Lufthansa , Cathay Pacific , Thai Airways International , Gulf Air , and Scandinavian Airlines as boutique airlines. La Compagnie , BermudAir , Bangkok Airways , AirSWIFT and Sunlight Air describe themselves as boutique airlines. This airline-related article
63-420: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QW&oldid=1259582739 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Qingdao Airlines An application for the establishment of an airline based in
72-643: The near future; Guangzhou and Shanghai were expected to be served in the longer term. As of May 2023 , Qingdao Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft: In September 2013, an order for five Airbus A320s and 18 A320neos was placed in a deal valued at USD 2.5 billion. The carrier phased in its first aircraft, a 152-seater Airbus A320, in early April 2014. The carrier took ownership of its first two A320neos in October 2018. Qingdao Airlines planned to expand its fleet to 60 aircraft by 2020. Boutique airline A boutique airline
81-632: Was CNY 1 billion (USD161 million). In July 2015, Shandong Airlines transferred its shares to a subsidiary of the Nanshan Group; as of August 2015 , the airline plans to sell the 25% of the shares held by QTDG in order to become fully private. Since November 2015, Qingdao Airlines was fully owned by Nanshan Group. As of April 2014 , Song Zuowen was the president of the airline. The airline's headquarters are in Chengyang District , Qingdao . Operations started on 26 April 2014 linking Qingdao with Chengdu . As of May 2014 ,
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