The last Boeing 787 of Suparna Airlines, a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines, has officially withdrawn from its fleet.
The last Boeing 787 of Suparna Airlines, a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines, has officially withdrawn from its fleet.
Chinanews.com, Shanghai News, April 25 (Reporter Yin Liqin) On April 25, with the unique roar of the GEnx engine, the B787 passenger plane of Suparna Airlines, originally registered as B-208C, took off at Haikou Meilan International Airport to carry out the first flight of the aircraft after the delivery of new customers. At this point, the last Boeing 787 passenger aircraft of Suparna Airlines, a subsidiary of HNA Airlines, officially withdrew from the fleet, safely and successfully completing her mission with Suparna Airlines.
Suparna Airlines has been in service since November 2017, becoming the first base airline in Shanghai to operate the Boeing 787 wide-body aircraft. On February 23, 2019, B-208C aircraft was transferred from Charleston International Airport in the United States to Shanghai Pudong International Airport in China, expanding the size of the Boeing 787 fleet for Suparna Airlines and injecting new vitality into the company's operations.
The B-208C aircraft has served Suparna Airlines for 1,875 days from its introduction to April 12, 2024, when it was successfully surrendered and delivered to new customers. Liu Ying, a flight attendant who participated in the inaugural flight of the B-208C passenger aircraft, recalled fondly: "In February 2019, I went to Seattle with great expectations, at that time, in order to improve my business ability, I continued to learn new knowledge and skills, and took every training and drill seriously. ”
In the nearly seven years of operation of Suparna Airlines, the Boeing 787 passenger aircraft has flown to Chengdu, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Nanjing, Sanya, Xiamen, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Urumqi, Zhengzhou, Chongqing and other cities, providing assistance for Suparna Airlines to quickly establish a nationwide route network with Shanghai Pudong and Shenzhen as the center. Whether you're on a busy business trip or a leisurely holiday trip, the Boeing 787 provides passengers with a comfortable and convenient flight experience.
During the epidemic, the Boeing 787 passenger aircraft played an extremely important role, including flying a medical charter flight to Shanghai to complete important tasks such as escorting passengers stranded in Sanya to return to Shanghai safely, highlighting the spaciousness, speed and comfort of the Boeing 787 passenger aircraft, and also providing an effective carrier for Suparna Airlines to demonstrate its social responsibility and responsibility.
With the withdrawal of the B-208C passenger aircraft, Suparna Airlines has taken a solid step forward in the optimization and adjustment of its passenger aircraft fleet. According to the company's plan, in the next 3-4 years, Suparna Airlines' passenger aircraft fleet will be gradually adjusted to a single domestic C919 aircraft. Such an adjustment of the passenger aircraft fleet is not only the need of Suparna Airlines' own development, but also the embodiment of the firm determination to respond to the call of the country with practical actions and fully support the take-off of domestic large aircraft. According to the aircraft introduction plan, in the fourth quarter of 2024, Suparna Airlines will take delivery of the first C919 passenger aircraft, becoming the world's first private airline to operate C919, and plans to complete the introduction of a total of 30 C919 passenger aircraft by the end of 2027.
In the future, Suparna Airlines will always uphold the corporate culture of "party building as the soul" of Liaoning Fangda Group, and take "domestic production, national quintessence and national tide" as its core brand concept. Through the domestic large aircraft C919 fleet as the carrier, it provides passengers with rich traditional cultural experience, excellent full-service process and convenient flight network, and at the same time meets passengers' needs for high-quality air travel, creating a full-service boutique airline that is "preferred by passengers". (ENDS)
Editor: Yin Liqin