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| ICAO = JOY
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| callsign = JOY AIR
| callsign = JOY AIR
| founded = 3/2008
| founded = 3/29/2008
| commenced = 6/2009 (scheduled)
| commenced = 6/1/2009
| ceased =
| ceased =
| hubs = Xianyang International Airport, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
| hubs = Xianyang International Airport, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
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== History ==
== History ==
The airline began flying on June 1 2009 with a fleet of 3 MA-60 turboprops. The airline will begin focusing on the northwestern part of china. The airline would be testing its aircraft till the end of 2009 when it will begin passenger service with 10 MA-60 turboprops. The company is mainly owned by [[China Eastern Airlines]]. [[AVIC I]] owns the rest. The airline will expect to create service for Xi'an and serve northwestern China. China Eastern is planning to sell most of the stock to create money for the company. Joy Air is expecting to own 50 ACAC ARJ 21 and 50 MA-60 in 8 years.



== Fleet ==
== Fleet ==




==References==
==References==

Revision as of 04:38, 5 July 2009

Joy Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
- JOY JOY AIR
Founded3/29/2008
Commenced operations6/1/2009
HubsXianyang International Airport, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
Websitehttp://www.joy-air.cn/
Model of a Joy Air ARJ-21

Joy Air is a new Chinese airline launched jointly by China Eastern Airlines and AVIC I on March 29th 2008 [1] based at Xi'an.


History

The airline began flying on June 1 2009 with a fleet of 3 MA-60 turboprops. The airline will begin focusing on the northwestern part of china. The airline would be testing its aircraft till the end of 2009 when it will begin passenger service with 10 MA-60 turboprops. The company is mainly owned by China Eastern Airlines. AVIC I owns the rest. The airline will expect to create service for Xi'an and serve northwestern China. China Eastern is planning to sell most of the stock to create money for the company. Joy Air is expecting to own 50 ACAC ARJ 21 and 50 MA-60 in 8 years.

Fleet

References