Okay Airways
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| Okay Airways 奥凯航空公司 Aòkǎi Hángkōng Gōngsī |
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| IATA BK |
ICAO OKA |
Callsign OKAYJET |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| Hubs | Tianjin Binhai International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 4 | |
| Destinations | 15 incl. cargo | |
| 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 an airline based in Tianjin, People's Republic of China. It operates passenger charter services and plans to expand into scheduled passenger and dedicated cargo services. It is based at Tianjin Binhai International Airport.[1]
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[edit] 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.[citation needed]
In August 2005, the airline signed a letter of intent with Korean Air under which it and another Korean company were to have acquired 49% of the airline, but agreement could not be reached over the issue of control and the deal failed[2]. Okay Airways leased three Boeing 737-300F aircraft and started cargo services as a local partner of FedEx Express in March 2007. [3]
[edit] Destinations
Okay Airways's passenger routes include from Tianjin to Changsha, Chengdu, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Kunming, Nanjing and Zhangjiajie.
Its cargo destinations include Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tianjin and Xiamen.
[edit] Fleet
The Okay Airways fleet includes (as of March 2007)[1] :
- 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 These have now been replaced by the two Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased from International Lease Finance.[citation needed]
- The airline has signed a letter of intent for 30 Xian MA60 aircraft. Once the order is confirmed, delivery schedules will follow [4]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-10, p. 58.
- ^ Air Transport World 9 May 2007
- ^ FedEx Announces Next-Business-Day Domestic Express Service in China
- ^ Airliner World January 2007
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