China’s Qingdao Airlines takes delivery of its first A320

Qingdao Airlines, a Chinese start-up airline, has taken delivery of the company’s first ever aircraft, an Airbus A320 aircraft equipped with Sharklets, on lease from Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC). The airline will become a new operator of the world’s best-selling single-aisle aircraft and make its first commercial flight from its home base of Qingdao in Eastern China to Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan Province in Southwestern China, later in April. The A320, powered by CFM56 engines, features a comfort two-class cabin with eight business and 144 economy class seats. “We are very happy to receive our company’s