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Greater Bay Airlines (GBA) is owned by Hong Kong property tycoon, Bill Wong, who has invested heavily across the border in Mainland China. Read More » He also owns Shenzhen-based Donghai Airlines. Wong has pledged to invest US$258 million in the Hong Kong start up. It was an opportunity aimed at stepping into a market previously served by Cathay Pacific Airways subsidiary Cathay Dragon. The 35-year-old regional carrier shut down in 2020.
GBA’s origins go back to Donghai Airlines in Shenzhen. In May 2010 Wong set up essentially a shell company in Hong Kong, also called Donghai Airlines.
Donghai in Shenzhen operates under China Civil Aviation Administration regulations while GBA is bound by the regulations of the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Authority. GBA received its first aircraft, an ex-Norwegian Air International Boeing B737-800 from ICBC Financial Leasing, later taking two more of the type from the same source. Its first charter flight was a same day round trip from Hong Kong to Bangkok, following the issuing of an Operator’s Certificate. Its first scheduled passenger service, also to Bangkok, took place on July 23, 2022.
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