Joy Air

Joy Air
幸福航空
IATA ICAO Call sign
JR JOY JOY AIR
Founded29 March 2008; 16 years ago (2008-03-29)
Commenced operations1 June 2009; 15 years ago (2009-06-01)
HubsXi'an
Focus cities
Fleet size8
Destinations17
Websitewww.joy-air.com

Joy Air (Chinese: 幸福航空; pinyin: Xìngfú Hángkōng) is a Chinese airline launched jointly by China Eastern Airlines and AVIC I on 29 March 2008 [1] based at Xi'an. The airline started testing service in June 2009, and commenced passenger service at the end of 2009.[2] On December 14, 2020, Happy Airlines Co., Ltd.'s application to change the main operating base airport has been reviewed by the Civil Aviation Administration of North China and Northwest China. The current base airport will be Tianjin Binhai International Airport, and it will be changed to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.[3]

  1. ^ "China Eastern, AVIC I launch Joy Air | Launch of Joy Air | in Depth | en.AvBuyer.com.cn". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  2. ^ "China Eastern, AVIC I launch Joy Air | ATWOnline". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  3. ^ "幸福航空主运营基地机场将由天津变更至西安-中国民航网". www.caacnews.com.cn. Retrieved 2022-06-17.