The Sponsorship Signing Ceremony of Tianjin Airlines as a sponsor of EAG, and the maiden flight ceremony of its EAG Airplane were held in the second-floor hall of Tianjin Binhai International Airport on the morning of 15 July. Cao Xiaohong, Deputy Mayor of Tianjin, Wang Jinshang, Secretary-general of EAGOC and Director of Execution Bureau, Wang Yiding, Fang Qiuming, Xie Delong, Lin Yansheng and Chen Weiming, Deputy Directors of Execution Bureau, and Xin Di, Board Chairman and President of Tianjin Airlines attended the Ceremony.

Tianjin Airlines Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred as Tianjin Airlines), based in Tianjin, the economic center of Circum-Bohai region, have been servicing the regional economic development and offering comfortable and convenient services to passengers as an emerging player in Chinese civil aviation market. Tianjin Airlines, co-invested by Tianjin Municipal Government and HNA Group, boasts a main deluxe fleet of A320, E190 and E145, and 130-odd international and domestic airlines reaching more than 80 cities connected by flight hubs of Tianjin, Xi’an, Hohhot, Urumqi, Nangning and Guiyang. Its annual passenger handling capacity exceeds 6 million.

Xie Delong, Deputy Director of the 6^th EAGOC Execution Bureau, and Wu Hao, Vice Board Chairman of Tianjin Airlines, signed the Sponsorship Agreement. Cao Xiaohong presented Tianjin 2013 EAG Sponsor Certificate to Tianjin Airlines, crowning its sponsorship.

The maiden flight ceremony of EAG Airplane was held by Tianjin Airlines following the Sponsorship Singing Ceremony.