Air Travel (Chinese: 湖南航空; Hunan Airlines) is a Chinese airline operating domestic flights from its hub at Changsha Huanghua International Airport in Hunan Province. The airline launched operations in May 2016 as Hongtu Airlines and rebranded its English name to "Air Travel" in 2018. The airline moved to Hunan from Yunnan in 2020.[2]
History
Air Travel, originally named Hongtu Airlines, received preliminary approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on 26 March 2015.[3] In October 2015, the airline's livery was revealed. The red color represents the famous red earth of Dongchuan District in Yunnan Province; in fact, Hongtu in the airline's name, is a transliteration of .[4]
On 22 December 2015, Hongtu Airlines took delivery of its first aircraft, an Airbus A321 originally destined for UTair Aviation.[5]