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airline
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headquartered in Daxing District
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, Beijing
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, People's Republic of China
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. It operates passenger flight services and dedicated cargo services. Its main hubs are Tianjin Binhai International Airport and Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
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, with a secondary hub is Changsha Huanghua International Airport
Changsha Huanghua International Airport is the airport serving Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, China, and the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region comprising the nearby cities of Zhuzhou and Xiangtan.
As of 2021, it was one of the ...
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History
Okay Airways was established in June 2004 and in February 2005 received an aviation carrier business license 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 toChangsha
Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a popul ...
was on 11 March 2005, with 81 people on board.
Okay Airways leased three Boeing 737-300F aircraft and started cargo services as a local partner of FedEx Express
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in March 2007.
Flights were suspended for one month beginning on 15 December 2008, due to a dispute between the carrier and its shareholders.
Corporate affairs
It is headquartered inDaxing District
Daxing District () is a district of Beijing, covering the southern suburbs of the city. It borders the Beijing districts of Tongzhou to the east/northeast, Fangshan to the west, Fengtai to the northwest, Chaoyang to the northeast, and the Heb ...
, Beijing.
Previously it was headquartered in an Air China office facility in Zone A of the Tianzhu Industrial Zone of Shunyi District, Beijing, and before in Fengtai District, Beijing.
Destinations
As of September 2018, Okay Airways operates to:Fleet
Current fleet
, Okay Airways operates an all-Boeing fleet consisting of the following aircraft:Fleet development
In June 2017, the airline announced an order for 15Boeing 737 MAX
The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation (NG) and competes with ...
aircraft consisting of 7 737 MAX 8 and 8 737 MAX 10. In November 2017, the airline signed a firm order for 5 Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
Okay Airways used to have a regional fleet of 13 Xian MA-60. With the establishment of the new Joy Air
Joy Air () is a Chinese airline launched jointly by China Eastern Airlines and AVIC I on March 29, 2008 based at Xi'an. The airline started testing service in June 2009, and commenced passenger service at the end of 2009. On December 14, 2020, H ...
on October 30, 2016, the regional fleet of Okay Airways (all the 13 Xian MA60
The Xian MA60 (新舟60, ''Xīnzhōu liùshí'', "Modern Ark 60") is a turboprop-powered airliner produced by China's Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation under the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). The MA60 is a stretched versio ...
) has been transferred to Joy Air
Joy Air () is a Chinese airline launched jointly by China Eastern Airlines and AVIC I on March 29, 2008 based at Xi'an. The airline started testing service in June 2009, and commenced passenger service at the end of 2009. On December 14, 2020, H ...
.Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of August 2018): * 2 further Boeing 737-800References
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