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| Founded | June 2004; 21 years ago (2004-06) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 11 March 2005; 20 years ago (2005-03-11) | ||||||
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| Secondary hubs | Changsha | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Lucky Clouds Club | ||||||
| Fleet size | 21 | ||||||
| Destinations | 50 | ||||||
| Parent company | Okay Airways Ltd. | ||||||
| Headquarters | Daxing,Beijing,China | ||||||
| Key people | Liu Jieyin (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Okay Airways, styled asOK AIR, is anairline headquartered inDaxing District,Beijing,China. It operates passenger flight services and dedicated cargo services. Its main hubs areTianjin Binhai International Airport andXi'an Xianyang International Airport, with a secondary hub atChangsha Huanghua International Airport.[1]
Okay Airways was established in June 2004 and in February 2005 received an aviation carrier business license from theCivil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). It is China's first private sector airline. The carrier's maiden flight from its base inTianjin toChangsha was on 11 March 2005, with 81 people on board.[2]
[3] Okay Airways leased threeBoeing 737-300F aircraft and started cargo services as a local partner ofFedEx Express in March 2007.[4]
Flights were suspended for one month beginning on 15 December 2008, due to a dispute between the carrier and its shareholders.[5]
It is headquartered inDaxing District, Beijing.[6]
Previously it was headquartered in anAir China office facility in Zone A of the Tianzhu Industrial Zone ofShunyi District, Beijing,[7][8] and before inFengtai District, Beijing.[9][10]
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As of July 2024[update], Okay Airways flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:
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As of July 2024[update], Okay Airways operates an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:[15]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 15 | — | 177 | |
| Boeing 737-900ER | 6 | 2 | 200 | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 10 | — | 8[16] | TBA | |
| Boeing 787-9 | — | 1 | ||
| Okay Airways Cargo fleet | ||||
| Boeing 737-400SF | — | 2 | Cargo | To be leased fromAir Transport Services Group[17] |
| Total | 21 | 23 | ||
In June 2017, the airline announced an order for 15Boeing 737 MAX aircraft consisting of 7737 MAX 8 and 8737 MAX 10. In November 2017, the airline signed a firm order for 5Boeing 787-9 aircraft.[18]
Okay Airways used to have a regional fleet of 13Xian MA-60. With the establishment of the newJoy Air on October 30, 2016, the regional fleet of Okay Airways (all the 13Xian MA60) has been transferred toJoy Air.[19]
The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of August 2018):[20]
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