Spring Airlines, China's largest private airline, today marks another important milestone in its entire Airbus fleet -- the 100th A320 family aircraft.
On December 23, spring Airlines A320neo, with its 100th painted fuselage, took off from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. With the joining of this aircraft, The size of the aircraft fleet of Spring airlines reached 100. This is also the first time that China's private aviation has entered the era of fleet size of 100 aircraft. Shanghai Airport Group and Spring Airlines signed a strategic cooperation agreement on The same day. This year, Spring Airlines opened new routes from Pudong to Yangon, from Pudong to Narita, and from Pudong to Yan 'an, and enhanced routes from Pudong to Sapporo and Jeju. The passenger throughput of the two flights in Shanghai is expected to reach 10.97 million, up 5% year on year. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, Spring Airlines will introduce 240-seat A321, and its resource utilization efficiency is expected to reach more than 40%. After the signing of the agreement, Spring Airlines will increase transport capacity, actively docking the national "Belt and Road", the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Yangtze River Delta integration development strategy, to help Shanghai speed up the construction of a world-class international shipping hub.