Gazi Lumina
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| Founded | July 16, 1951 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Jindao International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Rongzhuo International Airport Ashcombe International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Gazi Miles | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Gazi Cargo | ||||||
| Fleet size | 157 | ||||||
| Destinations | 113 | ||||||
| Company slogan | Soar the skies | ||||||
| Traded as | GLJ | ||||||
| Headquarters | Dove's Nest, Jindao International Airport, Luoxi, Jindao | ||||||
| Key people | Frédéric Ménard (Chairman) Lu Zhihao (CEO) | ||||||
| Revenue |  $8.34 billion (2018) | ||||||
| Operating income | $296.32 million (2018) | ||||||
| Profit | $212.90 million (2018) | ||||||
| Total equity | $5.76 billion (2018) | ||||||
| Employees | 18,750 (incl. subsidiaries) | ||||||
| Website | gazilumina | ||||||
Gazi Lumina Airways Limited (GLA), commonly referred to as Gazi Lumina or simply Gazi, is the flag carrier of Jindao, with its headquarters, referred to as the "Dove's Nest", located at Jindao International Airport. The airline operates a fleet of over a hundred passenger aircraft, including several double-decker aircraft, which principally serve long-haul flights to Euclea. Gazi Lumina also serves over a hundred passenger destinations, with its main focus regions in south-western Coius and Euclea. In 2018, Gazi Lumina carried a total of 22 million passengers and 990,000 tons of cargo.
Gazi Lumina was founded by Estmerish businessman John Conway and Jindanese investor Wu Liang in 1951, and officially commenced operations with its inaugural flight from the old Sir George Aldworth airport to Keisi, Senria, on July 19, 1951.
Gazi Lumina is one of the largest airlines in the world, offering flights to most countries. In 2003, a Gazi Lumina airliner became the first flight to make a no-stop long-haul flight from Xiaodong to Verlois, a route now regularly flown by the airline.
Services
Ground handling
In recent times, beginning in 2008, Gazi Lumina have begun to increase their online presence in a bid to increase its customer market. It introduced Gazi Mobile on October 12th, a mobile phone application where passengers and customers can check up-to-date flight times, arrivals, departures, and other news relating to the airline. The airline has also increased its social media presence to attract customers, and have official and regularly updated pages on most widespread social media networking sites.
Due to growing traffic and queues at Jindao International Airport, Gazi Lumina became the first airline to introduce self-check-in kiosks throughout the airport in 2011. The kiosks allow passengers checking in to scan their boarding pass through the machine instead of manually scanning at the gate. The program was hugely successful and saw iterations of it adopted by other airlines. In 2013, self-check-in kiosks were introduced for Gazi Lumina passengers at the airline's hubs abroad in Rongzhuo and Ashcombe. Following up on this, an option to check in via the Gazi Mobile app was introduced in 2016.
Cabin
First class
First class is available on a select range of planes and features 5 seats across the floor of the aircraft, arranged one apiece in mini-rooms. Each room comes with a chair that can be re-adjusted into a single bed, a 17-inch television, personal closet for storage, an assortment of alcoholic samplers (intended to be consumed with the first class complementary meals) and a large horizontal window that can be adjusted for different light intensities.
Business class
Business class is available on most long-haul and medium-hall flights. The seating arrangement is 1-2-1 horizontally across the floor, with two aisles running either side of the plane. Business class seats are usually at the front of the aircraft on single-storey planes and at the back of the top floor on two-storey planes. Business class seats come with 14in personal televisions, extended leg room with an included footrest, complementary dinner cooked by the first-class kitchen (other meals are not included), with small amounts of personal storage to the side (usually enough to fit a suitcase or bag).
When new double-decker aircraft were delivered to Gazi Lumina in 2017, the business class seats on the aircraft were changed slightly, and featured altered seat designs that maximised space for the occupant and allowed some additional personal storage.
Economy class
In-flight entertainment
Catering
Loyalty programs
Destinations
Gazi Lumina offers a range of flights to a total of 113 destinations in 38 countries, including three hubs in Jindao, Ashcombe and Rongzhuo, as well as one summer seasonal flight to Soanawihi in Mihi Mai Ra.
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