Waterfront Air
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Founded | 20 October 2008 | ||||||
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Destinations | 4 proposed | ||||||
Headquarters | Shenzhen and Hong Kong | ||||||
Key people | Michael Agopsowicz (Founder) Peter de Kantzow (Co-founder)[1] Bert Kwok (Chairman) | ||||||
Website | waterfrontair.com |
Waterfront Air (Chinese: 海翔航空; Jyutping: hoi2 coeng4 hong4 hung1) is a Chinese airline started in 2008 with the aim of reintroducing seaplane services from Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. In 2014 the airline ended plans for operating in Hong Kong and instead is focusing its operations in the Chinese mainland.
History
Waterfront Air was founded by Michael Agopsowicz and co-founded by
Six years after the company began, Waterfront Air HK ceased operations on 23 December 2014 without any established routes, according to Hong Kong's Companies Registry record.
However, HaiXiang Air 海翔公務航空有限公司 will operate seaplane services in China under the English name Waterfront Air. HaiXiang Air received their AOC preliminary approval in China on 10 August 2015 from the CAAC South Central branch.[2]
Proposed Routes
HaiXiang Air operating as Waterfront Air has planned routes between Hong Kong and Macau and Shenzhen, with estimated flight time of 20 minutes. There are additional plans to extend the services to Guangzhou and other parts of Shenzhen in the near future.[3][4]
Waterfront Air's proposed destinations:[3][4]
Fleet
Waterfront Air plans to lease
Facilities
The airline had planned to use the old
Progress
In February 2010, the airline reached an agreement with
On 1 April 2013, Waterfront Air concluded an agreement with the Shenzhen Dapeng Peninsula government to operate seaplane services from Nan'Ao.[7]
In July, 2015, Viking Air announced the certification of the Twin Otter in China.
On 10 August 2015, HaiXiang Air received their AOC preliminary approval in China from the CAAC South Central branch.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Whitford, David; Elkind, Peter (30 May 2013). "A new way to get to Macau: Seaplane". Fortune. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Waterfront Air Achieves CAAC Preliminary Approval". Waterfront Air. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "The Concept". Waterfront Air. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ a b c Govindasamy, Siva. "AA09".
- Reed Business Information. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ "Shenzhen MOU". Waterfront Air. Retrieved 26 March 2010.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Waterfront Air comes to Nan'Ao". Waterfront Air. Retrieved 31 May 2013.[non-primary source needed]