West Air in Tibet
Brief Introduction
West Air, is a low-cost airline based in New North Zone, Chongqing, China, operating a scheduled passenger network to 18 domestic destinations out of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport and one international one to Changi Airport in Singapore. The company was established in March 2006 by its parent company Hainan Airlines, with the launch of scheduled services on 14 July 2010. The airline is one of the four the founding members of the U-FLY Alliance.
Fleet of West Air
As of December 2018, the West Air fleet consists of only Airbus aircraft:
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Airbus A319-100 | 4 | — | 144 | |
Airbus A320-200 | 180 | |||
186 | ||||
Airbus A320neo | 3 | 1 | 186 | |
Total | 32 | 1 |
Flights to and fro Tibet
At present, West Air provides flight routes to and fro Lhasa and Shigatse. Below is the detailed flight information.
Flights to Tibet
Flight No. | Departure – Arrival | Duration |
PN6271 | Chongqing(06:00) – Lhasa(09:00) | 3h |
PN6391 | Chongqing(14:10) – Lhasa(17:10) | 3h |
PN6293 | Zhengzhou(06:05) – Lhasa(10:10) | 4h5m |
PN6303 | Zhengzhou(14:25) – Lhasa(18:30) | 4h5m |
PN6449 | Chongqing(06:05) – Shigatse(09:20) | 3h15m |
Flights from Tibet
Flight No. | Departure – Arrival | Duration |
PN6392 | Zhengzhou(18:00) – Lhasa(20:25) | 2h25m |
PN6272 | Zhengzhou(10:55) – Lhasa(13:20) | 2h25m |
PN6294 | Lhasa(19:20) – Zhengzhou(22:25) | 3h5m |
PN6304 | Lhasa(09:55) – Zhengzhou(13:00) | 3h5m |
PN6450 | Shigatse(10:00) – Chongqing(12:30) | 2h30m |