[photopress:okairways.jpg,full,alignright]The private carrier Okay Airways plans to carry serious amount of freight and intends to build a domestic network with Hangzhou as its hub.
China’ first private carrier (the example shown above is most certainly not the finished livery) which is currently based in Tianjin is looking at FedEx Express and other potential partners to cooperate on express mail and cargo services.
Liu Jieyin, president of Okay, said, ‘Okay is planning to build its domestic freight service network in the coming years. Freight will be flown first to Hangzhou before being carried to other destinations using larger aircraft. It saves us operational costs.’
Okay’s first freight flight from Guangzhou to Hangzhou was launched earlier this month. The carrier, which now operates three Boeing 737-300 freighters, plans to start Hangzhou-to-Beijing cargo flights in April. Liu Jieyin said, ‘We will open more flights according to the demand from our business partners.’
He hoped that talks with FedEx Express and other potential business partners which are currently under way should bring results before the end of March. Earlier media reports said Okay will probably become the partner of FedEx Express’s domestic express business but Fedex said that it is premature to discuss any operational arrangement that the company may have with Okay Airways or any other airline.
Source: China Daily