TransAsia Airways

TransAsia Airways (復興航空)
IATA
GE		 ICAO
TNA		 Callsign
TransAsia
Founded 1951
Hubs Taipei Songshan Airport
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
Fleet size 16 (+14 order)
Destinations 33
Parent company Goldsun Construction & Development
Headquarters Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Website http://www.tna.com.tw

TransAsia Airways (復興航空) is an airline based in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). It mainly serves the domestic market but also has limited scheduled and charter international services to China, East Asia, and Southeast Asia destinations.

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Name

The name of the airline in Chinese, 復興航空, literally means "the airline of the restoration of glory". It was named for the desire and determination of the Nationalist to return to and recover China after retreating to Taiwan and losing the mainland to the Communist.

History

TransAsia was formed in 1951 as the first private civil airline in Taiwan, flying the Taipei - Hualien - Taitung - Kaohsiung route. It also served as local agent of foreign airlines and provided airport ground handling services for foreign airlines.

Air services ceased in 1958 when the management of the airline decided to concentrate their attention on their agency businesses. It established its airline meal catering services in the same year.

Domestic flights were resumed in 1988, after an absence in the market for 30 years. In 1991, first ATR72 aircraft joined the airline. In 1992, unscheduled charter services to international destinations, including Laoag, Manila, Cebu, Phnom Penh, Surabaya, Yangon, Phuket, Danang and Manado started. The Airbus A320 joined the fleet, becoming the first jet in the airline.

First scheduled international services started in 1995 to Macau and Surabaya.

Operations

Besides flight operations, TransAsia Airways operate as a local agent in Taiwan for some foreign airlines, such as Thai Airways International.[3] It also has an airport ground handling services branch, airline meal catering branch at Taipei and Kaohsiung and an aircraft maintenance and engineering branch.

Destinations

TransAsia Airways operate the following scheduled and charter services:

Former destinations

Asia

Fleet

The TransAsia Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of Oct 2011):

TransAsia Airways Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Order Seats[2]
Business Economy Total
Airbus A320-232 3 1(Mar. 2012) 12 138 150
Airbus A321-131 5 - 12 170 182
Airbus A321-200 - 6 12 170 182
Airbus A321neo - 6 TBA
Airbus A330-300 - 2 TBA
ATR 72-500 9 - - 72 72
Total 17 15

TransAsia Airways average fleet age is 11.7 years old in Aug 2010. On November 16, 2010, the airline ordered 6 A321's and 2 A330-300's. The aircraft will be used primarily on direct services between Taiwan and China, as well as on new regional routes. [3]

Accidents and Incidents

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References

  1. ^ http://www.baodanang.vn/channel/5405/201010/Them-3-duong-bay-quoc-te-moi-den-da-Nang-2008233/
  2. ^ TNA official fleet page
  3. ^ TransAsia Airways orders two A330s and six A321s
  4. ^ Aviation Safety Council-Occurrence Investigations
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ [2]

An empty positioning ATR-72 crashed in 1995 as well.

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