Loong Air takes delivery of 1st A321neo

On 14 August 2021, Loong Air took delivery of its first of eight A321neos which the airline is leasing through AerCap. The aircraft involved, B-323U (10428) arrived on this date at Hangzhou on delivery from Hamburg-Finkenwerder (via Novosibirsk).

Loong Air was launched in 2012 as CDI Airlines with the aim to fly cargo. It launched a year later with a single B737-300F but was rebranded into Loong Air by then. In the same year, the airline also announced it was ordering eleven A320s and nine A320neos which it would use to also launch passenger-flights. Since then the fleet has grown to 28 A320s and 27 A320neos. It also operates three B737-300Fs.

The airline has its base at Hangzhou and flies to 27 destinations, the majority within China. Loong Air also flies to destinations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Japan, Myanmar, South Korea, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Photo by AerCap.