With such a small customer base the A318 has struggled to get into my collection, but the first has just arrived in the form of this CZ example. Formerly B-6188 and operated by Beijing Airlines / China Sonangol. It only flew with them, in VIP configuration, for less than 5 years, from August 2009-May 2014, before being acquired for static display at the China Southern Airlines Guangzhou Industry Education Integration Training Base as an instructional airframe. In real life it doesn't have engines fitted. The box indicates this is an official licensed release for China Southern, and airline Gemini once had the licence for. This model arrived in my most recent engtaobao box as it has been on sale in China for a while now, despite only being announced by NG last month.





