These special titles celebrated the partnership between the airline and state-owned investment company CITIC Group. The two "Azhong" and "Ashin" mascots of CITIC were displayed on the aircraft.
These small titles promoted Kang Renfu Selenium (康仁富硒), a food company selling food and beverages rich in Selenium & Zinc, which are essential nutrients. Titles on the port side only.
Yueyang Tower is an ancient Chinese tower in Yueyang, Hunan Province, on the shore of Lake Dongting. Alongside the Pavilion of Prince Teng and Yellow Crane Tower, it is one of the Three Great Towers of Jiangnan. Yueyang Tower becomes famous for Memorial to Yueyang Tower written by Fan Zhongyan, an eminent minister of the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) in China.
As seen in previous liveries, OK Air is the largest operator in Hunan via its Changsha base and is involved in many partnerships with local tourism offices. [first photo early Jan16]
March 2015 marked the 10th anniversary of the first private airline in Mainland China. The titles show the hard times the airline went through, as well as its wilingness to continue to build its business. A total of six aircraft have had the special titles applied (on the port side only): 3 B738 (one at each of their Tianjin, Xi'An and Changsha bases) and 3 MA-60 (one at each of their Harbin, Yantai and Alxa bases).
On the occasion of the 121st anniversary of Mao' birth, OK Air and the Xiangtan City Tourism Bureau unveiled these special titles. Mao Zedong's birthplace is located in Shaoshan, which is under the administration of Xiangtan, in Hunan province. OK Air is present in Hunan since its first flight which landed in Changsha. Its Hunan branch was officially launched in 2014 with Changsha as a base.
Simple titles on the port side only to promote the partnership between the Hunan tourism bureau and OK Air which is commited to serving the province and has a base in Changsha.
Xiaoxiang refers to the "lakes and rivers" region in south-central China; Xiaoxiang is less a precise geographic entity than a concept. Xiaoxiang is used in the genre of Xiaoxiang poetry of Classical Chinese poetry and in literature for symbolic purposes, in part because this was a significant area, which at least through the Song dynastic era China was still considered a wild place full of malaria, barbarians, and wild beasts. Indeed, for much of early Chinese history, this area belonged not to China, but to the independent state of Chu.
The Anhui Linhua Industrial Group is a Chinese conglomerate headquartered in Anhui province and covering the trade, mining, real estate, construction and aviation industry sectors.