[6] Scheduled flights were launched under the brand name Grand China Express Air, using 29-32 seat Fairchild Dornier 328JET aircraft.

At that time, the company was China's largest regional airline, operating on 78 routes linking 54 cities.

It is part of a larger agreement made in 2014 for 40 aircraft, the remaining 18 to be approved by the Chinese authorities.

[10] The airline plans to launch international long-haul services and is to take delivery of its first Airbus A330 aircraft in 2016 to serve destinations in Europe, North America and southeast Asia.

[11] In 2016, Tianjin Airlines launched long-haul services to Auckland[12] in New Zealand, London-Gatwick[13] in the UK and Moscow-Sheremetyevo[14] in Russia.