Kunming Airlines takes off 15FEB09

According to report from China’s Xinhua News Agency, Kunming Airlines will be launching operation on 15FEB09.

This Shenzhen Airlines’ subisidary will be using “KY”-prefixed flight code.

The first route, is Kunming – Changsha – Harbin, which is now on sale since 06FEB09. By the end of March, it’ll have 3 aircraft. By the end of this year, it plans to operate 10 aircraft and grow to about 30-40 by 2010. Like its name, it’ll be mainly focusing on China’s Yunnan Province but also trunk and secondary routes to the province.