The first commercial flight of Tianfu Airport operated by Sichuan Airlines

 Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA / Image : Sichuan Airlines

At 11.25 am on 27 June 2021, Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8001 with 262 passengers took off from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport. This is the first commercial flight after the official opening of Tianfu Airport and the first flight of Sichuan Airlines from Tianfu Airport. With the smooth maiden flight of the flight, Sichuan Airlines has officially opened a new era of "two flights in one" operation.

For this maiden flight to Tianfu, Sichuan Airlines specially selected the A350 aircraft with the panda color painting number B-306N for the flight. As one of the business cards of Sichuan Airlines to convey Chinese cultural elements and show the regional characteristics of Sichuan, Sichuan Airlines’ panda painting series of painted planes are printed with many naive cartoon giant pandas. They are based on the panda "Youyou" adopted by Sichuan Airlines as the prototype, which symbolizes Sichuan Airlines. Connecting the “One Belt One Road” with the “Panda Road” will allow more Chinese and foreign tourists to experience Sichuan and China.

At the same time, Sichuan Airlines also carefully selected 28 aircrews with extensive flight support experience to escort the flight. They have completed many tasks such as the maiden flight of newly opened routes, important charter flight guarantees, and airport verification test flights. They have rich experience in guarantees, and many of them have flight instructors. For this special first flight moment, representatives of the members of the "Chinese Civil Aviation Hero Crew" also participated in the flight guarantee. On the inaugural flight, panda-themed meals, customized stamps, co-branded gift boxes and other souvenirs were specially prepared for passengers, and passengers were invited to participate in in-flight quiz activities, and free air tickets and experience gold cards were drawn.