Shenzhen Airlines welcomes 1st Airbus A350-900
On 22 June 2026, Shenzhen Airlines welcomed its first Airbus A350-900. The aircraft, featuring a special "Amazing Shenzhen"-livery, is former Air China B-32F0 (614) and was ferried from Beijing-Capital to Shenzhen.
The A350 is the first of five A350-900s Air China will transfer to its subsidiary as part of a capital investment programme at Shenzhen Airlines. With this transfer, Air China will retain its 51% share in the airline and control.
Shenhen Airlines has announced it will launch commercial operations with its new A350 at the end of June 2026. It has released a schedule until mid-August that will see the type initially being used from Shenzhen to Beijing-Capital, Hangzhou, Harbin and Shanghai-Hongqiao.
Before welcoming the A350, Shenzhen Airlines' largest type in the fleet was the A330-300, of which they have six. Next to these, the airline's fleet is made-up of 72 A320s, 35 A320neos, eight A321neos, 71 Boeing B737-800s, and sixteen B737-8s.
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