China Flying Dragon Aviation

Chinese airline

IATA	ICAO	Call sign
—	CFA	FEILONG

Founded

1981; 44 years ago (1981)

Hubs

Harbin Taiping International Airport

Headquarters

Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Website

www.chinafda.com.cn

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.

History

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.

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.

Fleet

The China Flying Dragon Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2019):

Previously operated

The airline also operated:

4 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Bell 47
Xian Y-7
Shaanxi Y-8
Changhe Z-11
Beriev Be-103
1 Mil Mi-26T
Mil Mi-8T
Harbin Y-11
Mil Mi-17
Mil Mi-8

References

^ "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

(in Chinese) China Flying Dragon Aviation official website

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