The first aircraft of Yunnan Hongtu Airlines Company recently touched down at Kunming Changshui International Airport.

The A321 aircraft (registration B-8285) departed from Toulouse, France, flew over Tarbes, France and Aktobe, Kazakhstan and arrived in Kunming after a 15-hour flight. The new aircraft is configured in an all-economy class layout featuring 220 economy class seats and is the first Airbus A321-200 introduced by Yunnan Hongtu Airlines.

As a local Yunnan airline, Hongtu Airlines was the first to launch "Ethnic Minority" series aircraft. All of its aircrafts are named after Yunnan’s ethnic minority groups, displaying and communicating the minority cultures and customs of Yunnan. The first "Ethnic Minority" series aircraft of Hongtu Airlines was named "Dai nationality".