NEW TAIWAN AIRLINE PLANS TO SERVE NORTHEAST & SOUTHEAST ASIA AIRPORTS

StarLux Airlines, a Taiwanese premium carrier now under development, that hopes to start operations by 2020, is to focus first on short-haul flights to airports in northeast and southeast Asia, the company told Jane’s Airport Review. “We are evaluating all sort of possibilities for the choice of route for the first flight,” it said. “Since we are based in Taiwan, we are starting off regionally.”  It would not confirm target airports, but they are likely to include links between Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok. The company, ...


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