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YZ 5735


YZ 5735

彩云之南,凤凰永驻

The Peacock Forever South Of The Colorful Clouds

In memoriam of China Eastern Yunnan Airlines flight MU5753, Aircraft B-1791, and its crew and passengers.
谨此悼念中国东方航空云南公司MU5735次航班,B-1791号客机,及所有乘客与机组成员

Air Yunnan was a Chinese airline founded in 1994 and based out of the Kunming Wujiaba International Airport in Kunming, Yunnan. In its peak, it operated a fleet of Boeing 737-300 and Bombardier CRJ-200 jets. In the late 1990s, it also frequently leased Boeing 767-300ER jets from Yangtze in the summer months to operate its more popular tourist routes. However, by 2002, the airline was taking heavy losses due to the decline in the travel market, and a major reorganization of the Chinese airline industry saw Air Yunnan become a subsidiary of Yangtze Group. Yangtze Group quickly rebranded Air Yunnan as Yangtze Airlines Yunnan Company (中国长江航空云南公司), and discontinued the use of Air Yunnan's IATA code 3N in favor of Yangtze's YZ, but retained Air Yunnan's 彩云/AIR YUNNAN callsign and ICAO code YUN on flights operated by Yunnan. The airline's fleet of Boeing 737-300s was painted in a livery similar to that of the parent company, but with blue and green stripes instead of Yangtze's red and grey. It also featured a peacock feather by the cockpit window, a signature of Air Yunnan. In 2008, Yangtze Airlines Yunnan Company was again rebranded as simply Yangtze Yunnan (长江云南航空) after the merger of Yangtze and Yunnan's AOCs, and a Kunming-Guangzhou flight (YZ991) was the last to use the 彩云/AIR YUNNAN callsign and YUN ICAO code. Though now operating simply as a hub for Yangtze, Yunnan maintained their own brand identity. The blue and green livery briefly disappeared with Yunnan's former 737-300s being replaced by 737-800s with Yangtze's standard red and grey livery, albeit with the peacock feathers and different titles identifying the aircraft as one of Yangtze Yunnan's. In 2013, a year after Yangtze's new brand identity was revealed, a Yangtze Yunnan Boeing 737-800, B-5735, was revealed with a striking new livery based on its parent company's, and the blue and green returned to the "peacock jets" as frequent flyers dubbed. The peacock feathers by the cockpit window also stayed, replacing the UnitedWings logo seen on Yangtze jets.

Aircraft Pictured:
B-5735, Boeing 737-86A. Delivered to Yangtze Airlines in 2008, originally named "Wuzhou". Transferred to Yangtze Yunnan in 2013.



    amazing

    Another tragedy in the aviation sector is a shame. These colours are gorgeous.

    My thoughts and prayers are with those aboard MU5735. Horrible news.

    May be a bit insensitive to say but I am very curious to what caused this accident. I am pondering between an intentional act or malfunction of flight systems.