Launch date | 18 January 2016 |
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Full members | 4 |
Destination airports | 149 |
Destination countries | 18 |
Annual passengers (M) | 44 |
Fleet size | 129 |
Headquarters | Hong Kong |
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Alliance slogan | U fly the world |
U-FLY Alliance (simplified Chinese: 优行联盟; traditional Chinese: 優行聯盟) was a regional airline alliance based in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, and made up of low-cost airlines from Hong Kong, Mainland China, and South Korea. Upon founding, it became the world's first alliance of low-cost carriers, formed in January 2016 between founding members HK Express, Lucky Air, Urumqi Air, and West Air.[1] All four founding airlines except HK Express are affiliated with the HNA Group, with a focus on Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asia, but they were currently seeking new members which are not affiliated with HNA Group.[2] Eastar Jet, a South Korean low-cost carrier, joined the alliance on 27 July 2016. The main founder HK Express withdrew from U-FLY Alliance after becoming a wholly owned low-cost subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, a Oneworld member, and the alliance became inactive (the official website is invalid).