Urumqi Air

Urumqi Air
乌鲁木齐航空
烏魯木齊航空
Founded	2014; 10 years ago
Commenced operations	2014; 10 years ago
Hubs	Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport
Alliance	U-FLY Alliance
Fleet size	16
Destinations	31
Parent company	Hainan Airlines
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

Country	City	Airport	Note	Ref
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	Lianyungang Huaguoshan Airport
	Mianyang	Mianyang Nanjiao Airport
	Qingdao	Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport
	Qingdao	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

As of September 2023^[update], Urumqi Air operates the following aircraft:^[5]^[6]^[7]

**Urumqi Air fleet**
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Boeing 737-800	15	—	186
Comac ARJ21-700	—	40	TBA	Deliveries from 2025 until 2032^[8]
Total	15	40

^ "[1]." CAPA. Retrieved on November 15, 2017. "Urumqi Air Profile."
^ "Urumqi Air exceeds 8m pax in five years of operations | CAPA".
^ ^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".
^ Liu, Jim (June 15, 2018). "Urumqi Air proposes Irkutsk late-June 2018 launch". Routesonline. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 11.
^ "China's Urumqi Air commits to five ARJ21s". ch-aviation.com. November 7, 2018.
^ "Urumqi Air Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. August 23, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ "Hainan Airlines to acquire 40 newly-rebranded COMAC C909 aircraft". aerotime.aero. November 12, 2024.

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