Oasis Hong Kong Airlines (Part Two)
James Chan: Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited was a long-haul low-cost Asian airline. It operated scheduled services to London Gatwick Airport and Vancouver International Airport from its hub, Hong Kong International Airport. The airline offered low fares as its selling technique, which was similar to the operation principle of a low cost airline.
Oasis was one of the growing number of low haul airlines, such as Zoom Airlines, to adopt a budget airline model pioneered by the now defunct Laker Airways Skytrain service in the 1970s. Oasis offered non stop service from Hong Kong to London, and began a service to Vancouver on 28 June 2007. The airline was voted ”World’s Leading New Airline” at the Annual World Travel Awards 2007.
Source: Planespottersnet
Much of the original success of Oasis Hong Kong was due to the airline’s widely advertised minimum fares beginning at just GBP75 one way. However, fares later became much less competitive.
On 9th April 2008, Oasis’s CEO Stephen Miller announced at a press conference that the company would cease operations after suffering an accumulated loss of HK$1 billion (US$128 million) since its launch in October 2006. Accounting firm KPMG was appointed provisional liquidator by the airline.
First Oasis HK Airline Flight take off at HK on 25th October 2006 Source: Getty Images Credit: South China Morning Post
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines was founded by Rev. Raymond C. Lee and his wife Priscilla H. Lee in February 2005. The chief executive, Steve Miller, was founder and first chief executive of another Hong Kong based airline, Dragonair. Its inaugural route to London commenced on 26 October 2006. The first flight 08 700 took off from Hong Kong International Airport after a 24 hour delay. The airline had been scheduled to begin operations on 25 October but Russia revoked the London bound flight’s fly-over rights at 12.09pm, one hour before the flight’s scheduled departure.(1)
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1. Wikipedia
First posted on 21st March 2025.
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