| Oasis HK Airlines starts the air ticket sales | | | | connected by this service. She believes this |
| of direct flight between Vancouver and HK at | | | | will increase the travel volume and make HK |
| 8 am on Tuesday. It sets the record low | | | | as the most preferable destination for people |
| price by offering one-way economy class | | | | in Vancouver. She also intends to expand the |
| ticket as low as $299 and business class | | | | market to academic exchange activities for |
| ticket at $1,399. As part of the launch | | | | youth training programs as high air ticket |
| promotion, the company also announces to give | | | | faremay deprive some people of the |
| away first 1,000 air tickets booked on line | | | | opportunity to see the world. Since the |
| . Raymond Lee, founder and chairman of the | | | | launch of OHK London/HK service, air travel |
| airline, met the media together with his | | | | volume between the two cities is reported to |
| wife. The airline was established in October | | | | have gone up by 30. Vancouver route is |
| 2006, with only one route in service, | | | | expected to break even after half a year. |
| directly flying between London and HK. The | | | | Raymond Lee indicates Vancouver-HK service is |
| Vancouver service is the airline's second | | | | expected to break even on cash flow within 12 |
| route. Its first fight will take off on June | | | | to 15 months by a conservative estimate. |
| 28. It will be a daily service, except for | | | | The airline plans to add 12 to 15 new |
| Wednesdays. The airline now uses Boeing | | | | destinations over the next five years and |
| 747-400 passenger planes. The airline | | | | will increase the number of airplanes from |
| promise the low price of the air tickets will | | | | five to 25. The airline is currently approved |
| stay the same throughout a year, with no peak | | | | by the Canadian government to sell air |
| or low season. Plan to launch direct service | | | | tickets only, pending a license to fly. Mrs. |
| to San Francisco first, by the end of this | | | | Lee indicated it is not a problem at all and |
| year. Raymond Lee indicated Vancouver is | | | | added that the Vancouver-HK flight also needs |
| recognized as the first stop for the airline | | | | to fly over Russia and the proper application |
| to get into the North American market because | | | | is completed. The previous London flight |
| of the ADS talk between Chinese and Canadian | | | | delay for two hours would not repeat if there |
| governments and it as a gateway to Pacific | | | | was not any change. For business class |
| region for North America. Toronto is also | | | | passengers, the airline offers buy one get |
| one of the destinations they consider to | | | | one free up to the end of October as part of |
| offer direct service but the present plan is | | | | the celebration of Canadian service launch. |
| to first enter SF in the US by the end of | | | | |
| this year. Mrs. Lee indicated it is perfect | | | | More articles from this pro: C.F. |
| match for the two beautiful cities to be | | | | |