Private company
Joy Air
Airline of China (2008–2025)
Joy Air (Chinese: 幸福航空; pinyin: Xìngfú Hángkōng) was a Chinese airline launched jointly by China Eastern Airlines and AVIC I on 29 March 2008 based at Xi'an. The airline started testing service in June 2009, and commenced passenger service at the end of 2009. On December 14, 2020, Happy Airlines Co., Ltd.'s application to change the main operating base airport was reviewed by the Civil Aviation Administration of North China and Northwest China.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersXi'an1
- Websitewww.joy-air.com
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Joy Air (Chinese: 幸福航空; pinyin: Xìngfú Hángkōng) was a Chinese airline launched jointly by China Eastern Airlines and AVIC I on 29 March 2008 based at Xi'an. The airline started testing service in June 2009, and commenced passenger service at the end of 2009. On December 14, 2020, Happy Airlines Co., Ltd.'s application to change the main operating base airport was reviewed by the Civil Aviation Administration of North China and Northwest China. The airline's original base at Tianjin Binhai International Airport was changed to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport. On 27 April 2025, the airline shutdown its operations due to operational challenges. The airline was planned to restart its operations.2
Products and brands
As of August 2025, Joy Air had the following aircraft:
From Wikipedia’s article on Joy Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Controversies and legal
Incidents and accidents
On 4 February 2014 Joy Air MA60 flight JR1533 from Taiyuan, China, carrying 7 crew members and 37 passengers, had a mechanical failure on the landing gear while landing at Zhengzhou. This caused landing gear to break and the aircraft's nose cone to hit the tarmac. There were no injuries.
On 10 May 2015, Joy Air MA60 flight JR1529 from Yiwu to Fuzhou with 45 passengers and 7 crew landed on Fuzhou runway 3 at about 11:57 but veered off the runway and came to a stop off the runway edge about 500 metres past the runway threshold and about 50 metres off the runway centerline with all gear on soft ground. The engines struck the ground causing the wings to be nearly torn off, and resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and structure. 7 occupants were injured.
From Wikipedia’s article on Joy Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 2008Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.joy-air.com1
- WikipediaJoy Air
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ1709999
Sources
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- 1WikidataJoy Air on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJoy Air on Wikipedia
- 3WikipediaJoy Air on Wikipedia (revision used)
- 4Wikimedia CommonsJoy Air photo by Livewireshock, CC BY-SA 4.0