Juneyao Airlines / Juneyao Air 吉祥航空

IATA ICAO Callsign HO DKH AIR JUNEYAO
Founded	30 June 2005; 18 years ago
Commenced operations	25 September 2006; 17 years ago
Hubs	Shanghai–Hongqiao Shanghai–Pudong
Secondary hubs	Nanjing
Frequent-flyer program	Juneyao Air Club
Alliance	Star Alliance (Connecting Partner)
Subsidiaries	9 Air
Fleet size	91
Destinations	86
Parent company	Juneyao Group
Headquarters	No. 80 Hongxiang Sanlu, Changning, Shanghai
Key people	Wang Junjin
Website	global.juneyaoair.com

Juneyao Air (Chinese: 吉祥航空; pinyin: Jixiang Hangkōng; lit. 'Auspicious Airlines'; formerly known as Juneyao Airlines) is an airline headquartered in Changning, Shanghai, China.

The airline operates both domestic and international services from two Shanghai airports (Hongqiao and Pudong). The company was founded in 2005 as a subsidiary of Shanghai JuneYao (Group) Co., Ltd, and started operations in September 2006. It reported a net profit of about CNY1.05 billion ($161.3 million) in 2015.

Corporate affairs

The headquarters are in Pudong, Shanghai.

Destinations

As of January 2024, Juneyao Air flies (or has flown) to the following destinations:

Codeshare agreements

Juneyao Air has the following codeshare agreements (as of March 2024).

• Aegean Airlines
• Air China
• All Nippon Airways
• China Eastern Airlines
• EVA Air
• Finnair
• Shenzhen Airlines

Juneyao Air joined Star Alliance as a Connecting Partner on 23 May 2017.

Fleet

Current fleet

A Boeing 787-9 of Juneyao Airlines in a special "Colorful Floral" livery at Beijing Daxing International Airport

Juneyao Air Boeing 787-9 economy class

As of January 2024, Juneyao Air operates the following aircraft:

The airline took delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner in October 2018. Juneyao Airlines has previously been an all-Airbus operator.

Former fleet

• 2 further Airbus A319
• 13 further Airbus A320

Incidents and accidents

• On 29 August 2011, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) published its investigation report indicating that Juneyao Airlines Flight 1112 refused to follow six consecutive orders from Hongqiao ATC in the span of seven minutes to abort their approach and that the crew on duty breached regulation CCAR-91-R2 of CAAC. The license of the South Korean Captain was permanently revoked in China and the Chinese co-pilot's license was suspended for six months. The CAAC also issued a bulletin to the Korea Transportation Safety Authority formally reporting the Korean captain's misbehavior. The Juneyao Airlines flight refused to abort, despite Qatar Airways flight QR888 declaring a Mayday due to low fuel. Although there was only 5,200 kg of fuel left aboard QR888 after landing, an amount sufficient for another 18 minutes of regular flight plus 30 minutes of reserve, the CAAC indicated that QR888 did not breach any regulations. Nevertheless, the CAAC issued a bulletin to the Civil Aviation Authority of Qatar recommending an improvement in fuel calculation.