China Express Air flies again
Source: Xinhua |
September 7, 2010, Tuesday
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AFTER being grounded for five days following a landing scare on August 28, China Express Air resumed half of its scheduled flights yesterday, said airline executives.
Flights within Guizhou Province, and some from Chongqing, resumed yesterday, accounting for half of the Guiyang-based airline's flights, said Chen Huaiyu, deputy general manager of the company.
"Sixty percent of the seats on these flights were sold, on average," said Chen, "The rest of the flights are expected to resume in a week or two."
The right wing of a Bombardier CRJ 200 regional jet scraped the ground on landing at Guiyang Airport in southwest China on August 28.
No one was injured during the incident.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China ordered the airline to halt all flights from last Wednesday and conduct safety checks.
This was the first suspension order issued by the CAAC in an effort to improve airline safety since a Brazil-made ERJ-190 plane operated by Henan Airlines crashed on landing at Lindu Airport in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on August 24, killing 42 and injuring 54 people on board.
On Sunday the CAAC approved the airline's resumption of some flights after it submitted a safety overhaul plan.
China Express Air, based in Guizhou's provincial capital Guiyang, is China's first private regional airline. It was set up in September 2006.
Flights within Guizhou Province, and some from Chongqing, resumed yesterday, accounting for half of the Guiyang-based airline's flights, said Chen Huaiyu, deputy general manager of the company.
"Sixty percent of the seats on these flights were sold, on average," said Chen, "The rest of the flights are expected to resume in a week or two."
The right wing of a Bombardier CRJ 200 regional jet scraped the ground on landing at Guiyang Airport in southwest China on August 28.
No one was injured during the incident.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China ordered the airline to halt all flights from last Wednesday and conduct safety checks.
This was the first suspension order issued by the CAAC in an effort to improve airline safety since a Brazil-made ERJ-190 plane operated by Henan Airlines crashed on landing at Lindu Airport in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on August 24, killing 42 and injuring 54 people on board.
On Sunday the CAAC approved the airline's resumption of some flights after it submitted a safety overhaul plan.
China Express Air, based in Guizhou's provincial capital Guiyang, is China's first private regional airline. It was set up in September 2006.
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