Joy Air

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Joy Air
幸福 航空
Xi'an MA60 of Joy Air
IATA code : JR
ICAO code : JOY
Call sign : JOY AIR
Founding: 2008
Seat: Xi'an , People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Home airport : Xi'an Xianyang Airport
IATA prefix code : 929
Management: Hu Wenming
Fleet size: 26 (+ 112 orders)
Aims: national
Website: www.joy-air.com

Joy Air ( Chinese 幸福 航空 ) is a Chinese regional airline based in Xi'an and based at Xi'an-Xianyang Airport .

history

Joy Air was established in March 2008 as a joint venture between China Eastern and China's aerospace company AVIC I founded. AVIC I holds the majority stake of 60%, China Eastern the remaining 40%. The joint venture aims to promote the sale and marketing of aircraft made in China . Flight operations began on June 1, 2009 with three Xi'an MA60s .

fleet

As of March 2020, Joy Air's fleet consists of 26 aircraft with an average age of 4.6 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats
Boeing 737-800 3 186
Comac ARJ21 50
Comac C919 20th
Xi'an MA60 23 42 60
total 26th 112

Furthermore, Joy Air is to become the first customer of the new Xi'an MA700 .

Incidents

  • On May 10, 2015 crashed Xian MA60 ( air vehicle registration number B-3476 ) traveling from Yiwu to Fuzhou on landing in Fuzhou. The Xi'an MA60 rolled over the runway on landing, twisting the wing and engines forward and hitting the ground. Three people were injured in the incident and the aircraft had to be written off.

See also

Web links

Commons : Joy Air  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. fliegerweb.com - China Eastern and AVIC I launch Joy Air, March 31, 2008, accessed November 28, 2015
  2. avbuyer.com - China Eastern, AVIC I launch Joy Air, April 1, 2008 ( Memento from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Joy Air Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
  4. abcdlist.nl - Comac C919 Production List ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed November 28, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / abcdlist.nl
  5. ch-aviation - China's JoyAir orders twenty Cessna Grand Caravan Amphibians , accessed on July 24, 2015
  6. aerotransport.org - Joy Air , accessed on November 28, 2015
  7. aerotelegraph.com - First customers for MA700 accessed on December 8, 2014
  8. Aircraft accident data and report ASN Aircraft accident Xian MA60 B-3476 Fuzhou Airport (FOC) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on December 15, 2018.