China Flying Dragon Aviation
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| Founded | 1981 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Harbin Taiping International Airport | ||||||
| Headquarters | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
China Flying Dragon Aviation (simplified Chinese: 中国飞龙专业航空公司; traditional Chinese: 中國飛龍專業航空公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó fēilóng zhuānyè hángkōng gōngsī) is an airline based in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. It operates short-haul passenger and cargo charter flights, as well as maritime surveillance, aerial photography and forestry protection services. Its main base is Harbin Taiping International Airport.[1]
History
[edit]The airline was established and started operations in 1981. It is owned in a joint venture by the Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation and the former Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, now part of the Ministry of Land and Resources.[1]
During the rescue and post-operations of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, heavy equipment needed to be transported to deal with the dangerous formation of quake-lakes located in extremely difficult terrain, particularly at Tangjiashan mountain, which was accessible only by foot or air. A China Flying Dragon Special Aviation Company's Mi-26T heavy lift helicopter was used to bring heavy earth-moving tractors, fuel, and equipment to the affected location to create a sluice to relieve the dangerous quake-lake.[2]
Fleet
[edit]The China Flying Dragon Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2019):[3]
- Air King 350ER
- Avicopter AC312
- AS350B2
- Cessna 172
- Diamond DA40
- Diamond DA42
- 11 Harbin Y-12 II
- Harbin Z-9
- Schweizer 300
Previously operated
[edit]The airline also operated: [citation needed]
- 4 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
- Bell 47
- Xian Y-7
- Shaanxi Y-8
- Changhe Z-11
- Beriev Be-103[4]
- 1 Mil Mi-26T
- Mil Mi-8T
- Harbin Y-11
- Mil Mi-17
- Mil Mi-8
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 65.
- ^ "Copters take off to large Sichuan "quake lake"".
- ^ "Fleet Introduction". Archived from the original on 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ^ photo of China Flying Dragon Airlines Be-103
External links
[edit]- (in Chinese) China Flying Dragon Aviation official website
