Mandarin Airlines
| Mandarin Airlines 華 信 航空 |
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| IATA code : | AE |
| ICAO code : | MDA |
| Call sign : | MANDARIN |
| Founding: | 1991 |
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Taipei , Taiwan
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| Home airport : | Taichung |
| Number of employees: | about 600 |
| Fleet size: | 13 (+ 2 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.mandarin-airlines.com |
Mandarin Airlines ( Chinese 華 信 航空 , Pinyin Huáxìn Hángkōng ) is a Taiwanese airline based in Taipei and based at Taichung Airport . It is a subsidiary of China Airlines .
history
Mandarin Airlines was founded on June 1, 1991 as a joint venture between China Airlines with a stake of 66% and Kuo's Development Corporation with a stake of 33%. As a result, Mandarin Airlines started direct flights from Taipei to Sydney in Australia . The next major growth step was completed on December 7, 1991 when a route to Vancouver , Canada was added ; thus it became the first airline of the Republic of China , the services to Canada and Australia began. The China Trust Group increased its stake to 90.05% at the end of 1992.
At the beginning of August 1999 , China Airlines merged its two subsidiaries Mandarin Airlines and Formosa Airlines under the name Mandarin Airlines. The new airline now concentrated on flights of short and medium distances, the aircraft intended for international traffic were transferred to China Airlines.
Destinations
In addition to some destinations in Taiwan, Mandarin Airlines also serves destinations in East Asia .
fleet
As of March 2020, the Mandarin Airlines fleet consists of 13 aircraft with an average age of 7.0 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks |
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| ATR 72-600 | 7th | 2 | |
| Embraer 190 | 6th | ||
| total | 13 | 2 |
Incidents
On August 22, 1999, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 of the company crashed while landing at Hong Kong International Airport . Flight 642 was operated for the parent company China Airlines . Heavy rain and cross winds led to the right engine ramming the runway and breaking off, whereupon the right wing also detached from the fuselage and the fuselage turned on its back from the lift of the remaining wing. Three passengers of the 315-person aircraft were killed, the rest of them were able to save themselves from the fire in the almost three-hour rescue operation.
See also
Web links
- Mandarin Airlines website (Chinese, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ mandarin-airlines.com - Our Flight Routes , accessed on November 30, 2015
- ^ Mandarin Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Mandarin Airlines Receives its First ATR 72-600. ATRAircraft.com , November 24, 2017, accessed November 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Flight accident data and report of China Airlines flight 642 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)