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Juneyao Air was founded in 2005 (as Junyao Airlines). In March 2006, the airline ordered 2 Airbus A319 and 6 Airbus A320 aircraft with 3 aircraft (2 Airbus A319 and 1 Airbus A320) to be delivered that same year under a lease agreement with GECAS. The first aircraft, an Airbus A319, was delivered in September, and services commenced on 25 September. Before services commenced, Junyao Airlines rebranded to "Juneyao Airlines" after deciding against the name "Phoenix Airlines".
In September 2006, Juneyao Air launched first commercial flight.
In early 2010, Juneyao Airlines's parent company, Juneyao Group, sold its 71.4% stake in Okay Airways to Datian Wu Liu, in order to concentrate on Juneyao Airlines. By 2014, due to a large number of low cost carriers entering China, Juneyao Airlines applied to launch a low cost carrier subsidiary, 9 Air, to be based in Guangzhou. 9 Air commenced operations in January 2015. In May 2015, Juneyao Air stocks was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Main Board. In September 2016, Juneyao Airlines signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing for 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft. At this time, the airline had a fleet of 60 Airbus A320 family aircraft. In January 2017, a firm order for 5 787-9 aircraft (with options for 5 more) was approved, with deliveries scheduled for 2018 and 2019. The airline's first 787 was delivered in October 2018. Initially operating domestic services, Juneyao Airline's 787 aircraft operated its first international flight between Shanghai and Singapore in February 2019. At the start of 2019, China Eastern Air Holding acquired a 7% stake in Juneyao Airlines. In February 2019, the airline applied to operate flights to Vladivostok, Cairo, and London.
In June 2019, Juneyao Air launched an intercontinental flight from Shanghai to Helsinki, making it the first private airline in China using wide-body aircraft to operate an intercontinental flight.
In June 2020, China Eastern Airlines announced the launch of Sanya International Airlines, with Juneyao Airlines to acquire a 15% stake in the airline. At the end of 2020, the airline suffered a loss of CNY 749 million due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2023, Juneyao Air took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo, assembled locally in Tianjin. In July 2025, it was announced that the airline will be taking over the Singapore-Wuxi route from Jetstar Asia, who will be ceasing operations on 31 July 2025. The route will be serviced using an Airbus A320neo aircraft, and will be flying between the two cities on a four times a week basis starting 29 August 2025.
From Wikipedia’s article on Juneyao Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3