Okay Airways
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| Founded | 2004 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Tianjin Binhai International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Parent company | Okay Airways Ltd. | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tianjin, China | ||||||
| Key people | Liu Jieyin | ||||||
| Website | www.okair.net | ||||||
Okay Airways (Chinese: 奥凯航空公司; pinyin: Aòkǎi Hángkōng Gōngsī) is the People's Republic of China's first privately owned airline. It is 25% owned by Korean Air and is based at Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Tianjin. The airline will initially operate passenger charter services and plans to expand into scheduled passenger and dedicated cargo services.
History
Okay Airways was established in June 2004 and in February 2005 received an aviation carrier business licence from the Civil Aviation Administration of China(CAAC). It is China's first private sector airline. The carrier's maiden flight from its base in Tianjin to Changsha was on March 11, 2005 with 72 passengers on board.
Korean Air announced in 2005 that it was negotiating with Okay Airways to establish a joint venture cargo airline in China. Okay Airways leased three Boeing 737-300F aircraft and started cargo services as a local partner of FedEx Express in March 2007. [1]
Services
Okay Airways's main route will be Tianjin to Kunming. Other destinations are expected to include Changsha, Chengdu, Guilin, Harbin, Hohhot, Taiyuan and Zhangjiajie.
Fleet
The Okay Airways fleet includes (as of March 2007):
On 25 February 2005 Boeing announced that Okay Airways had received its first Boeing 737-9B5, becoming the first Chinese airline to operate the largest model of the Boeing 737 family. The airline is sub-leasing 2 Boeing 737-900s from Korean Air. These have now been replaced by the two Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased from International Lease Finance.
The airline has signed a letter of intent for 30 Xian MA60 aircraft. Once the order is confirmed, delivery schedules will follow [2]
External links
References
- ^ [1] FedEx Announces Next-Business-Day Domestic Express Service in China
- ^ Airliner World January 2007