Yangtze River Airlines Co Ltd, the Shanghai-based freight subsidiary of HNA Group, launched a passenger service on Dec 15.
The airlines' first passenger traffic route is from Shanghai to Sanya, Hainan province, and it also plans another two routes, from Shanghai to Zhuhai in Guangdong province, and Guiyang in Guizhou province, said Yang Zhihua, passenger traffic president of Yangtze River Airlines.
The carrier received its second Boeing 737-800 aircraft for passenger traffic on Dec 13, and more Boeing 737 aircraft will be delivered next year. It currently runs 26 air freighters on more than 40 domestic and international routes.
