Grand China Express Air

: "See Grand China Air for the holding company of Hainan Airlines."

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airline = Grand China Air

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fleet_size = 39 (+91 orders)
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IATA = GS
ICAO = GDC
callsign = GRAND CHINA
parent = Grand China Air Company Limited
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founded = 2004
headquarters = Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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Grand China Express Air is a start-up regional airline based in Tianjin, People's Republic of China. It operates domestic passenger and cargo services with effect from May 2007.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 87 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline was established in 2004 as the vehicle to merge the major aviation assets of Hainan Airlines, China Xinhua Airlines, Chang'an Airlines and Shanxi Airlines, and received its operating licence from the Civil Aviation Administration of China in 2007. [ [http://www.traveldailynews.com/new.asp?newid=36728&subcategory_id=53 Travel Daily News] 17 April 2007]

The airline was launched in May 2007 with 29 - 32 seat Dornier 328-300 jets. This makes it the country's largest regional airline, initially operating on 78 routes linking 54 cities. By 2012, it intends to fly on more than 450 routes linking at least 90 cities, taking more than 90% of the domestic regional aviation market. [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/11/14/smart.traveller/index.html CNN] 16 May 2007] The airline is owned by HNA Group (80%) and Hainan Airlines (20%).

Fleet

The Grand China Express Air fleet includes (at July 2008) [Airliner World, August 2008] :

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