Urumqi Air

Chinese low-cost airline

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Urumqi Air
乌鲁木齐航空
烏魯木齊航空

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UQ  | CUH  | LOU LAN
Founded| 2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Commenced operations| 2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Hubs| Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
Alliance| U-FLY Alliance
Fleet size| 16
Destinations| 31
Parent company| HNA Aviation
Headquarters| Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
Website| www.urumqi-air.com

Urumqi Air (simplified Chinese: 乌鲁木齐航空; traditional Chinese: 烏魯木齊航空) is a low-cost airline[1] headquartered in Ürümqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. It operates scheduled passenger services. Its main hub is Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi. The airline is one of the four founding members of the U-FLY Alliance. As of 2019, the airline exceeded eight million passengers and has operated an accumulated 150,000 flight hours.[2]

## Destinations

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Country  | City  | Airport  | Note  | Ref

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China | Aksu | Akesu Hongqipo Airport |  |
Changsha | Changsha Huanghua International Airport |  |
Chengdu | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport |  |
Haikou | Haikou Meilan International Airport |  |
Hefei | Hefei Xinqiao International Airport |  |
Hotan | Hetian Kungang Airport |  |
Karamay | Kelamayi Guhai Airport |  |
Kashgar | Kashi Laining International Airport |  |
Lanzhou | Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport |  |
Lianyungang | Lianyungang Baitabu Airport | Airport Closed |
Lianyungang Huaguoshan Airport |  |
Mianyang | Mianyang Nanjiao Airport |  |
Qingdao | Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport |  |
Qingdao Liuting International Airport | Airport Closed | [3]
Ürümqi | Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport | Hub |
Xi'an | Xi'an Xianyang International Airport |  |
Yining | Yining Airport |  |
Zhengzhou | Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport |  | [3]
Japan | Nagoya | Chubu Centrair International Airport |  |
Russia | Irkutsk | International Airport Irkutsk |  | [4]
Thailand | Bangkok | Suvarnabhumi Airport |  |

## Fleet

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Urumqi Air Boeing 737-800

As of September 2023[update], Urumqi Air operates the following aircraft:[5][6]

Urumqi Air fleet Aircraft  | In Service  | Orders  | Passengers  | Notes

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Boeing 737-800 | 15  | -- | 186  |
Comac C909 | -- | 40  | TBA  | Deliveries from 2025 until 2032[7]
Total  | 15  | 40  |

## References

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1. ^ "[1]." CAPA. Retrieved on November 15, 2017. "Urumqi Air Profile."
2. ^ "Urumqi Air exceeds 8m pax in five years of operations | CAPA".
3. ^ a b "乌鲁木齐航空将于6月开通乌鲁木齐-郑州-青岛往返航线-中新网".
4. ^ Liu, Jim (June 15, 2018). "Urumqi Air proposes Irkutsk late-June 2018 launch". Routesonline. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
5. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 11.
6. ^ "China's Urumqi Air commits to five ARJ21s". ch-aviation.com. November 7, 2018.
7. ^ "Hainan Airlines to acquire 40 newly-rebranded COMAC C909 aircraft". aerotime.aero. November 12, 2024.

## External links

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Media related to Urumqi Air at Wikimedia Commons

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U-FLY Alliance

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