TransAsia Airways
| TransAsia Airways 復興 航空 |
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| IATA code : | GE |
| ICAO code : | TNA |
| Call sign : | TRANSASIA |
| Founding: | 1951 |
| Operation stopped: | 2016 |
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Taipei , Taiwan
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| Home airport : | Taipei Songshan |
| IATA prefix code : | 170 |
| Fleet size: | 24 (+ 21 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.tna.com.tw |
| TransAsia Airways 復興 航空 ceased operations in 2016. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
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TransAsia Airways (formerly Foshing Airlines , Chinese 復興 航空 , Pinyin Fùxìng Hángkōng ; Fùxìng literally "rebirth, revival") was a Taiwanese airline based in Taipei and based at Taipei-Songshan Airport . In connection with an economic bottleneck - as a result of two accidents with 91 deaths in 2014 and 2015, the lower number of tourists from China and other cost factors - flight operations were discontinued without prior notice on November 21, 2016 and the company was informed of the liquidation on November 22, 2016 .
history
TransAsia Airways was founded in 1951 as Foshing Airlines, making it Taiwan's first private and civil airline. The Chinese name of the airline means roughly The airline that restores fame . This relates to the conflict between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China . In 1958, TransAsia Airways ceased its flight operations, but continued to exist as a business agency and also entered the catering business . In 1988 flights were carried out again for the first time, in 1991 the first European ATR 72-500 joined the fleet. The first international scheduled flight took place in 1995.
Four fatal air accidents in just 20 years contributed to the ruin of society. After the third, the official investigation report found that “dozens of failures and errors” had been committed in TransAsia's risk management system. Inappropriate flight procedures, inefficient safety meetings and unsuitable risk assessments were criticized; High risk flying was part of the flight operations culture and was seen as normal. The report fundamentally called into question the commitment to aviation safety. At the time of the cessation of operations, four of the eleven fatal flight accidents involving the ATR 72 aircraft were caused by Trans Asia Airways.
Destinations
TransAsia Airways served both domestic and international destinations in Asia . She also offered charter flights .
fleet
In December 2015, the TransAsia Airways fleet consisted of 24 aircraft:
| Aircraft type | active | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy ) |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 7th | 1 operated for V Air | 150 (12/138) | |
| Airbus A320neo | 5 | - open - | ||
| Airbus A321-100 | 2 | 182 (12/170) | ||
| Airbus A321-200 | 2 | with Sharklets equipped | 194 (- / 194) | |
| Airbus A321neo | 12 | - open - | ||
| Airbus A330-300 | 4th | 285 (30/255) 300 (32/268) |
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| Airbus A330-800neo | 4th | - open - | ||
| ATR 72-500 | 3 | 72 (- / 72) | ||
| ATR 72-600 | 6th | |||
| total | 24 | 21st |
Incidents
TransAsia Airways recorded seven incidents in its history, five of which were total loss of the aircraft. A total of 97 people were killed in four of them.
- On January 30, 1995, a TransAsia Airways ATR 72-200 (B-22717) coming from the Penghu Islands was flown into a hill at an altitude of 300 meters on a flight to Taipei-Songshan 20 kilometers south of the airport. The prescribed flight altitude was between 640 and 770 meters. The aircraft was on a positioning flight, so there were only four crew members on board, none of whom survived.
- On 21 December 2002. activated in an ATR 72-200 of TransAsia Airways (B-22708) that a cargo flight from Taipei Chiang Kai-shek to Macau , which carried out the stall warning system . The crew then deactivated the autopilot and tried to keep the aircraft under control, but it stalled and the machine crashed 17 kilometers southwest of Magong into the sea. It turned out that there was icing in flight, and the crew had not familiarized themselves with the manual for the procedure for flights under such conditions (see also TransAsia Airways flight 791 ) .
- On July 23, 2014, an ATR 72-500 of TransAsia Airways (B-22810) coming from Kaohsiung was flown into a residential area about 800 meters northeast of the airport in poor weather conditions when approaching Magong Airport. The type of accident was a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). Of the 58 occupants (54 passengers and 4 crew members), 48 were killed (see TransAsia Airways flight 222 ) .
- On February 4, 2015, came at a from Taipei Songshan Airport launched ATR 72-600 of TransAsia Airways (B-22816) after take-off at a stall . The machine collided with a bridge in an uncontrolled descent and fell into a river. After take-off, one of the aircraft's engines failed, but the captain accidentally switched off the engine that was still working, which meant that the aircraft could no longer make it to the airport. Of the 58 occupants, 43 were killed and 15 survived the accident (see TransAsia Airways flight 235 ) .
See also
Web links
- TransAsia Airways website (Taiwanese, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ - TransAsia shuts down (English), accessed on November 23, 2016
- ↑ Accidents force Transasia to close , accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ Flight International, February 9, 2016 (English), p. 25.
- ^ Accident report ATR-72 B-22810 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 27, 2017.
- ↑ Accident list: Aérospatiale / Aeritalia ATR-72 Aviation Safety (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
- ↑ tna.com.tw - Route Map (English), accessed on December 5, 2015
- ↑ ch-aviation - TransAsia Airways (English), accessed on December 5, 2015
- ↑ Airbus - Orders & deliveries (English), accessed on December 5, 2015
- ↑ tna.com.tw - Our Fleet , accessed December 5, 2015
- ↑ Data about the airline TransAsia Airways in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ^ Accident report ATR-72-200 B-22717 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report ATR-72-200 B-22708 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 25, 2019.
- ^ Accident report ATR-72-500 B-22810 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 27, 2017.
- ^ Accident report ATR-72-600 B-22816 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 27, 2017.