Hongtu Airlines (Kunming Changshui) has signed a 144-month contract with CALC for the dry-lease of one A320-200. The aircraft is sourced from the Hong Kong-based lessor's Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) order book and will deliver before July of this year.

According to an HKSE disclosure, Hongtu Airlines will have the right to purchase the jet from CALC (through its wholly-owned special purpose vehicle) at any time after the sixth anniversary of the delivery date of the aircraft.

Hongtu Airlines already operates two A320-200s (leased from LATAM Airlines Group) and two A321-200s on scheduled passenger flights to fifteen destinations across China.