Okay Airways is an airline headquartered in the Shunyi District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. It operates passenger flight services and dedicated cargo services. Its main hubs are Tianjin Binhai International Airport and Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, with a secondary hub is Changsha Huanghua International Airport.
Okay Airways was established in June 2004 and received an aviation carrier business license from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in February 2005. It is China's first private sector airline. The carrier's maiden flight from its base in Tianjin to Changsha was on 11 March 2005, with 81 people on board.
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. Okay Airways leased three Boeing 737-300F aircraft and started cargo services as a local partner of FedEx Express in March 2007.
Flights were suspended for one month beginning on 15 December 2008, due to a dispute between the carrier and its shareholders.
Okay Airways and Joy Air were announced as launch customers for the Xian MA700 aircraft and are to be involved with the development of the aircraft, which is due to make its maiden flight in 2019.
Livery
Boeing 737-86N(WL), registration B-1963, built 2014, serial number 41249 Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN), Xiamen, China, 31 October 2019
