Oasis Hong Kong Airlines
| Oasis Hong Kong Airlines 甘泉 香港 航空 有限公司 |
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| IATA code : | O8 |
| ICAO code : | OHK |
| Call sign : | OASIS |
| Founding: | 2005 |
| Operation stopped: | 2008 |
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 Hong Kong
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| Home airport : | Hong Kong |
| Fleet size: | 3 |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | oasishongkong.com |
| Oasis Hong Kong Airlines 甘泉 香港 航空 有限公司 ceased operations in 2008. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
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Oasis Hong Kong Airlines was a low-cost airline specializing in long-haul intercontinental flights, headquartered in Hong Kong and based at Hong Kong International Airport .
history
The company was founded in 2005 and the first machine was originally scheduled to take off from Hong Kong to London Gatwick on October 25, 2006 . Since the Oasis Hong Kong Airlines was initially denied the overflight permit for Russia , the machine had to remain on the ground. After the approval was finally granted, the first flight took place a day later than planned.
According to initial plans, the fleet should grow to 15 aircraft by 2009 and finally to 20 to 25 aircraft by 2010/2011. The Boeing 747 , but also the 777 and the 787, which was not yet in service at the time, and the Airbus A340 should be used as a priority .
According to the airline, tickets for all flights were sold from 1,000 HKD , the equivalent of around 100 EUR . On February 6, 2007, the cheapest one-way variant including taxes cost 176 GBP .
On April 9, 2008, Oasis Hong Kong Airlines ceased operations. The reason for this was the hitherto accumulated loss of 1 billion HKD, whereby according to unnamed sources 1 million HKD was flown in loss per flight. The airline was then liquidated . Two of the Oasis Hong Kong Airlines aircraft ( aircraft registration numbers B-LFA and B-LFB ) were taken over by the Indonesian Lion Air in 2009 .
Destinations
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines initially connected Hong Kong with London Gatwick and Vancouver . Later other destinations, including Berlin , Düsseldorf or Cologne / Bonn, should follow. Oasis Hong Kong Airlines would have been the first low-cost airline to offer long-haul intercontinental flights to and from Germany and Switzerland .
fleet
To cease flight operations, the Oasis Hong Kong Airlines fleet consisted of three aircraft:
- 3 Boeing 747-400 (registration numbers B-LFA , B-LFB and B-LFC ; taken over by Singapore Airlines and All Nippon Airways )
See also
Web links
- Website of Oasis Hong Kong Airlines (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ news.bbc.co.uk - HK budget airline gets off ground (English) October 26, 2006.
- ↑ reuters.com: PRESS DIGEST - Hong Kong - April 9 (English) April 9, 2008.
- ↑ reuters.com: Lone HK budget carrier Oasis halts flights (English) April 9, 2008.
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Lion Air ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 on September 2, 2010.
