Raymond Lee, founder and chairman of the airline, met the media together with his wife. The airline was established in October 2006, with only one route in service, directly flying between London and HK. The Vancouver service is the airline’s second route. Its first fight will take off on June 28. It will be a daily service, except for Wednesdays. The airline now uses Boeing 747-400 passenger planes. The airline promise the low price of the air tickets will stay the same throughout a year, with no peak or low season.

Plan to launch direct service to San Francisco first, by the end of this year.

Raymond Lee indicated Vancouver is recognized as the first stop for the airline to get into the North American market because of the ADS talk between Chinese and Canadian governments and it as a gateway to Pacific region for North America. Toronto is also one of the destinations they consider to offer direct service but the present plan is to first enter SF in the US by the end of this year.

Mrs. Lee indicated it is perfect match for the two beautiful cities to be connected by this service. She believes this will increase the travel volume and make HK as the most preferable destination for people in Vancouver. She also intends to expand the market to academic exchange activities for youth training programs as high air ticket fare may deprive some people of the opportunity to see the world.

Since the launch of OHK London/HK service, air travel volume between the two cities is reported to have gone up by 30% and the airline breaks even with cash flow within five months, with passenger carriage volume up to 82%.

Vancouver route is expected to break even after half a year.

Raymond Lee indicates Vancouver-HK service is expected to break even on cash flow within 12 to 15 months by a conservative estimate. The airline plans to add 12 to 15 new destinations over the next five years and will increase the number of airplanes from five to 25.

The airline is currently approved by the Canadian government to sell air tickets only, pending a license to fly. Mrs. Lee indicated it is not a problem at all and added that the Vancouver-HK flight also needs to fly over Russia and the proper application is completed. The previous London flight delay for two hours would not repeat if there was not any change.

For business class passengers, the airline offers buy one get one free up to the end of October as part of the celebration of Canadian service launch.