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Chongqing Airlines

Logo: Chongqing Airlines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Chinese airline

Chongqing Airlines (Chinese: 重庆航空) is an airline based in Chongqing, China. It operates both domestic passenger services within mainland China and international passenger services to Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore out of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. Chongqing Airlines had 402 employees in 2008.2 It is part of China Southern Airlines.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded1

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Chongqing Airlines Airbus A319 Gu
Photo: Shimin Gu, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons5

Chongqing Airlines (Chinese: 重庆航空) is an airline based in Chongqing, China. It operates both domestic passenger services within mainland China and international passenger services to Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore out of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport.2

Corporate structure

Chongqing Airlines is part of a group headed by China Southern Airlines. 9 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Chongqing Airlines is jointly owned by China Southern Airlines (60%) and Chongqing Municipal Development & Investment Company (40%). The airline was established on 16 June 2007, and received its operating licence from the Civil Aviation Administration of China on 4 July 2007.

As of July 2013, it had 11 aircraft from the Airbus A320 family: 7 A320s and 4 A319s. The airline is also transitioning to a low-cost carrier model, which has shown promising results in terms of profitability. The airline is currently transitioning to a low-cost carrier model to better serve the growing demand in China's western regions.

Chongqing Airlines launched its first flight from Chongqing to Shanghai Pudong International Airport on 8 July 2007.

From Wikipedia’s article on Chongqing Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Destinations

Chongqing Airlines served the following destinations in December 2024:

Fleet

As of September 2025, Chongqing Airlines operates an all-Airbus A320 family fleet composed of the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on Chongqing Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Employees over time

  • 20084021

Timeline

  1. 2007Founded Founded1

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