China Flying Dragon Aviation ( Chinese 中国 飞龙 专业 航空公司 ) is a Chinese airline headquartered in Harbin ( Heilongjiang Province , PRC ), operating in the field of short-haul passenger and cargo transportation, as well as in the areas of marine mapping, aerial photography and forest protection arrays [1] .
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| Established | 1981 | |||
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| Headquarters | Harbin ( Heilongjiang , PRC ) | |||
| Site | chinafda.com.cn | |||
The carrier’s home port and its main transit hub ( hub ) is Harbin Taiping International Airport .
History
The airline was founded in 1981 by the Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation and the former Ministry of Geology and Mining, which later became part of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources of China [1] .
The company took an active part in the search and rescue and recovery operations after the Sichuan earthquake of 2008 , in particular, delivering heavy earth-moving tractors, other equipment and fuel to remote areas of the mountains by Mi-26T helicopters.
Fleet
In March 2007, China Flying Dragon Aviation operated a fleet of the following aircraft [1] :
- Harbin Y-12 II - 11 units.
- Mi-8
- Mi-8T
- Mi-17
- Mi-26T
- Aérospatiale AS.350 ÉcureuilB2
- Harbin z-9
- Harbin y-11
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Directory: World Airlines, Flight International (April 3, 2007), p. 65.