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| airline=Formosa Airlines | logo= | logo_size= | fleet_size= | destinations= | IATA=VY | ICAO=FOS | callsign= | founded=1966 | ceased=1999 (merged into Mandarin Airlines) | headquarters=Taipei | key_people= | bases=Taipei Songshan Airport Kaohsiung Airport | website= }}Formosa Airlines ({{zh|first=t|t=國華航空|s=国华航空|p=Guóhuá Hángkōng}}) was a regional airline from Taiwan, operating an extensive network of domestic routes out of its bases at Taipei Songshan Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport.[1][2] Its headquarters were in Taipei.[3] HistoryThe company was founded on 5 May 1966 as Yung Shing Airlines (T: 永興航空, S: 永興航空, P: Yǒngxīng Hángkōng),[4] and revenue operations commenced on 1 July.[5] For the first decade of its existence, only crop dusting services were offered, before turning towards passenger flights.[6] With its small fleet of Britten-Norman Islander and Cessna 404s, Yung Shing Airlines served a number of domestic destinations, most notably linking Taitung City with outlying Orchid Island and Green Island.[7] In 1983, the Dornier Do 228 joined the fleet, which would remain an important part for the airline's operations throughout the years.[8] On 8 August 1987, the company was renamed Formosa Airlines (reflecting the historic name for Taiwan) and moved its headquarters to Taipei, with the city's Songshan Airport becoming its primary base.[8] In 1988, Formosa Airlines became the first Far Eastern operator of the Saab 340, with a capacity of 37 passengers its by then-largest aircraft type.[9] by 1996, this subfleet had grown to nine planes.[6] Plans for turning the airline into a Hong Kong-registered company in order to be able to transport passengers between Taiwan and China were brought forth in 1989, but did not materialize.[10] Formosa Airline became a jet aircraft operator in 1995, when two 109-seat Fokker 100s were acquired, along with 5 smaller Fokker 50 turboprop airliners.[11][12] In July 1996, China Airlines acquired a 41 percent stake in Formosa Airlines and took over the management, aiming at thus improving Formosa's inferior safety record (see below) and developing Kaohsiung International Airport into a domestic hub.[13] When EVA Air, the major competitor of China Airlines, merged its domestic subsidiaries to create Uni Air in 1998, a similar merger was announced for Formosa Airlines and Mandarin Airlines, with the latter name to be kept.[14] On 8 August 1999, the merger was finalized:[8][15] Formosa Airlines with its then 620 employees and a number of short haul aircraft were combined with Mandarin's, with all long haul planes of Mandarin Airlines being handed over to China Airlines.[5][14] DestinationsDuring the 1990s, Formosa Airlines operated scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations:[2]
FleetPrior to merger:[16]
Historic fleet
Accidents and incidents
See also{{commons category|Formosa Airlines}}
References1. ^1 1993 route map of Formosa Airlines, created using the Great Circle Mapper {{Airlines of Taiwan}}2. ^1 2 {{cite journal|title=World airline directory: Formosa Airlines|journal=Flight International|date=24 March 1993|page=94|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200616.html|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 3. ^J Carr, D.. Walsh, Graham & Whiteside, Limited, J. L. Murphy, A.. Lim. Major Companies of the Far East and Australasia, Volume 2. Graham & Trotman, 1990. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=QIQnAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Formosa+Airlines%22+website&dq=%22Formosa+Airlines%22+website&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OMpRU5yZGIHSOaWtgLAK&ved=0CEsQ6AEwAg 1055]. "FORMOSA AIRLINES CORPORATION 12Fl 1 Nanking East Road, Section 4, Taipei" 4. ^Information about Formosa Airlines at the Aero Transport Data Bank. 5. ^1 {{cite journal|title=World airline directory: Formosa Airlines|journal=Flight International|date=31 March 1999|page=75|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200795.html|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=World airline directory: Formosa Airlines|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%200795.html|accessdate=10 September 2013|newspaper=Flight International|date=3 April 1996|pages=59–60}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Information about Yung Shing Airlines|url=http://rzjets.net/operators/?show=7667|publisher=rzjets.net|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Information about Formosa Airlines|url=http://rzjets.net/operators/?show=534|publisher=rzjets.net|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 9. ^{{cite journal|title=Far East breakthrough|journal=Flight International|date=23 January 1988|page=6|accessdate=10 September 2013|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1988/1988%20-%200118.html}} 10. ^{{cite journal|title=Hong Kong competition rises|journal=Flight International|date=27 May 1989|page=20|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989%20-%201546.html|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Formosa Airlines fleet detail|url=http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Formosa%20Airlines.htm|publisher=airfleets.net|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 12. ^{{cite journal|title=Formosa orders Fokkers for fleet|journal=Flight International|date=26 July 1995|page=9|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1995/1995%20-%202162.html|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 13. ^1 {{cite journal|title=Domestic upheavals|journal=Flight International|date=8 April 1998|pages=33–35|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1998/1998%20-%200949.html|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 14. ^1 {{cite journal|title=Mandarin/Formosa set to merge in June|journal=Flight International|date=18 November 1998|page=14|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1998/1998%20-%203076.html|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 15. ^{{cite journal|title=World airline directory: Formosa Airlines|journal=Flightglobal|date=4 April 2000|page=82|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000%20-%201086.html|accessdate=10 September 2013}} 16. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Formosa%20Airlines.htm |title=Formosa Airlines Fleet |publisher=Airfleets}} 17. ^1983 Yung Shin Airlines accident at the Aviation Safety Network. 18. ^1990 Formosa Airlines accident at the Aviation Safety Network. 19. ^February 1993 Formosa Airlines crash at the Aviation Safety Network. 20. ^June 1993 accident at the Aviation Safety Network. 21. ^15 June 1995 accident at the Aviation Safety Network. 22. ^18 June 1995 accident at the Aviation Safety Network. 23. ^1996 accident at the Aviation Safety Network 24. ^1997 accident at the Aviation Safety Network. 25. ^1998 Formosa Airlines plane crash at the Aviation Safety Network 5 : Defunct airlines of Taiwan|Airlines established in 1966|Airlines disestablished in 1999|1966 establishments in Taiwan|1999 disestablishments in Taiwan |
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