Loong Air (GJ, Hangzhou) took delivery of its first of two passenger jets, an A320-200, B-9962 (cn 5656), at a ceremony held at Hangzhou on December 16. According to WCARN, the second A320-200, B-9982 (cn 5679), arrived on December 22. Originally an all-cargo carrier operating a fleet of three B737-300(F)s, Zhejiang Loong was recently granted passenger traffic rights by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and intends to launch its first revenue flights on December 26. In the short term, the airline plans to serve Changsha Huanghua, Changchun, Chengdu Shuangliu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Kunming Changshui, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Xi'an Xianyang before going both regional and international in three to five years time.