Colorful Guizhou Airlines has taken delivery of a new A320neo (MSN10037); the aircraft marks the first A320neo received from the GECAS order book. GECAS is one of the world’s largest commercial aviation financing and leasing companies. It is a subsidiary of GE Capital, the financial arm of American multinational conglomerate General Electric.
The aircraft delivery from the Airbus assembly facility in Tianjin, China, marks the completion of an order for four Airbus A320neo aircraft placed with GECAS at the 2019 Paris Air Show. GECAS has a strong relationship with the Airbus Tianjin facility and was the first aviation leasing company to take delivery of the first Airbus A320neo assembled at the plant before it was delivered to AirAsia as a part of a purchase-leaseback arrangement.
GECAS works closely with Airbus Tianjin
In a statement released on December 29, 2020, seen by Simple Flying, GECAS EVP & Regional Manager of Greater China Li Liu made the following remarks:
“We are grateful for the opportunity to provide Colorful Guizhou Airlines with yet another A320neo as they grow their fleet and expand their operations. I wish Colorful Guizhou Airlines much success and am grateful for the trusted relationship we’ve formed.”
“We are honored to achieve the milestone together with GECAS, our important and long-term customer, for the delivery of its first A320 Family aircraft assembled in Airbus Tianjin from its own order-book.” said George Xu, CEO of Airbus China, “We are grateful for the trust and support from GECAS on our product and look forward to further strengthening our strategic cooperation to provide even more aircraft assembled at Airbus Tianjin to the airlines.”
Delighted to announce that Colorful Guizhou Airlines today received the 1st @Airbus A320neo assembled in Tianjin for the @GECAS orderbook. This is our 4th A320neo aircraft to deliver to Coloful Guizhou Airlines following our #ParisAirShow2019 announcement. https://t.co/wSyuYDansT pic.twitter.com/Zofm4Lgw61
— GECAS (@GECAS) December 29, 2020
“We are proud of our long-term relationship with Airbus and our mutual commitment to enable to the growth of civil aviation in Greater China,” GECAS’ Liu added “GECAS has been exceptionally fortunate to have supported operators such as Spring Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Chengdu Airlines, and more recently Qingdao Airlines, Hunan Airlines, Colorful Guizhou Airlines and Starlux Airlines and remain committed to the sector. We also look forward to bringing additional Tianjin-manufactured neos to our network of operators around the globe.”
About Colorful Guizhou Airline
Based at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport (KWE), Colorful Guizhou Airlines first started operations in December of 2015 with Brazilian-built Embraer 190s to destinations throughout China. As the first locally-owned airline in Guizhou Province, Colorful Guizhou Airlines was formed by the Guizhou Industrial Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. to provide air service to Western China.
The strange-sounding name “Colorful Guizhou Airlines” comes from a provincial government’s marketing campaign to showcase Guizhou Province’s diversity. According to aviation enthusiast website Planespotters.net, Colorful Guizhou Airlines fleet is made up of the following aircraft.
About Guizhou Province
Landlocked in the southwest of the People’s Republic of China, Guizhou Province borders the Guangxi to the south, Yunnan to the west, Sichuan to the northwest, Chongqing to the north, and Hunan to the east. Guizhou Province ranks 19th in population amongst Chinas’ province with a population of around 34 million people.
Guizhou Province is known for its traditional rural villages, inhabited by minority groups, which adds “colorful” to the airline’s name. Traditionally one of China’s poorest provinces, Guizhou has remained off the radar for people visiting China despite being rich in all of the things that draw travelers to China: diverse cultures, mythic scroll-painting mountains, and remarkable food.
Not surprisingly, we have never flown Colorful Guizhou Airlines and would love to hear from any of our readers who have.
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