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Hong Kong Express Airways

HK Express
HK express logo 2013.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
UO HKE HONGKONG SHUTTLE
Founded 2004
Hubs Chek Lap Kok International Airport
Alliance U-FLY Alliance
Fleet size 19
Destinations 26
Company slogan Hong Kong's Low-Fare Airline
Headquarters One Citygate, Tung Chung, Lantau, Hong Kong
Key people

Andrew Cowen (Deputy CEO)

Website www.hkexpress.com
HK Express
Traditional Chinese 香港快運航空

Andrew Cowen (Deputy CEO)

Hong Kong Express Airways Limited, or HK Express (Chinese: 香港快運航空), is a Hong Kongese low-cost airline which provides scheduled air service to twenty-eight destinations in Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, U.S. Territories, Taiwan and Thailand. The airline's main hub at Hong Kong International Airport uses a fleet that consists exclusively of Airbus A320 family . The airline is one of the four founding members of the U-FLY Alliance.

Its head office is in One Citygate in Tung Chung, Lantau Island.

Hong Kong Express Airways Limited was incorporated on 10 March 2004, with the former Chinese name, 港聯航空公司, added on 21 April 2004. The airline was owned by Macau casino entrepreneur Stanley Ho. In July 2004, Hong Kong's helicopter operator Heli Hong Kong officially announced plans to commence fixed-wing operation via Hong Kong Express, to become Hong Kong's fourth passenger airline. It was planning to introduce regional jet services to secondary cities in mainland China and was in negotiations with Bombardier and Embraer for the lease of several 50- or 70-seat regional jets. In April 2005, the airline was granted permission to transport passengers, cargo and mail from Hong Kong to selected destinations in China and permitted to apply for traffic rights to serve 15 Chinese cities. The next month, it received approval to operate scheduled air services to five cities in China, including Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Ningbo. The airline had its Air Operator's Certificate varied in July 2005 for the operation of Embraer 170 aircraft. The same month, it took delivery of its first of four 76-seat twin-jet Embraer 170, leased from General Electric Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS), and became the Asian launch operator of this regional jet. Two more aircraft were delivered in 2005, with the remaining delivered in May 2006.


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