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China's first private airline to take off

www.chinanews.cn 2005-02-28 13:40:28

The Boeing 737-900, leased from an airline company in Korea by the Okay
Airways Company Ltd., made its maiden flight to the Huanghua
International Airport on February 26th. (Photo: Changsha Evening News)

Chinanews, Feb. 27 - The monopoly of China's civil aviation market, by
state-owned and local-gov't-owned airlines that has lasted several
decades, finally came to an end. At about 1:00 pm yesterday, a Boeing
737-900 marked with "Okay" landed at Changsha for the first time. Later,
Okay Airways officially executed an agreement with the Huanghua
International Airport to open the Tianjin-Changsha-Kunming route, which
would commence operations on March 5th. This means that Okay Airways will
be the first private airline in China's civil aviation history.
Besides Okay Airways, private airlines that have received approvals to
set up in China include United Eagle Airlines, Spring International
Airlines and other private airlines. These private airlines have a common
idea: to provide budget flights. In fact, Okay Airways is the pioneer
that will test the waters for China's budget airlines.

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