Established with the investment by local enterprises in 1985, Shanghai Airlines is the first limited liability airline in China, which is responsible for its own operational profits and losses.

In nearly fourteen years of development, Shanghai Airlines always sticks to principle of "Safety First, Passenger Paramount Superior, Service Quality and Achieving Reputations". It takes the lead to be a commercialized airline in Chinese Civil Aviation Industry. It has inaugurated Shanghai-Macau Service and over 80 domestic routes, covering 27 large or medium Chinese cities, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Shenzhen and Xi'an, with its Boeing series fleet, which comprises 7 B757-200s, 3 B767-300s and 3 B737-700. It has also established Business Offices in 15 domestic cities. Shanghai Airlines has achieved satisfactory economic and social benefits through its excellent safety records, high-quality service and effective operational management. Its Total Transportation Turnover Volume ranks No.9 in Chinese civil aviation enterprises.

Now Shanghai Airlines has grown into a large enterprise group with air transport as major business, complemented by passenger & cargo sales agency, tourism, hotel, trade, advertisement and real estates. It has been chosen as one of the 54 large enterprise groups empathetically supported by Shanghai Municipal Government.

Shanghai Airlines will continue to grasp the opportunity and meet the challenges ahead. Based on operational safety, it will lay great emphasis on market development, service quality improvement and management system perfection. It will also further the organizational adjustment and make full use of the group advantages with a view to actualizing consistent, rapid and healthy development. By improving overall capacity and econmic benefit, Shanghai Airlines will become one of the best airlines preferred by passengers in China.