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(Redirected from Daily Air Corporation) Regional airline of Taiwan
Daily Air
德安航空
IATA ICAO Call sign
DA DAC DAILY
Founded1993; 32 years ago (1993)
HubsKaohsiung International Airport
Focus citiesTaitung Airport
Fleet size6
Headquarters2F, 340-9 Tun-hua North Road, Songshan, Taipei City, Taiwan
Websitewww.dailyair.com.tw
Daily Air
Chinese德安航空
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDé'ān Hángkōng
Former name
Traditional Chinese達信航空
Simplified Chinese达信航空
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDáxìn Hángkōng

Daily Air Corporation (Chinese: 德安航空; pinyin: Déān Hángkōng) is a Taiwanese regional airline with its headquarters in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It operates scheduled passenger services, primarily to domestic destinations such as offshore islands from Taiwan, including Penghu, Green Island and Orchid Island, as well as helicopter contract services and charters. Its main base is Taipei Songshan Airport, with hubs at Kaohsiung International Airport and Taitung Airport.

History

The airline was established in 1992 as a helicopter operator. Aircraft services began on 8 June 2005. The airline is owned by Sincere and Durban Shopping Mall, Miramar Entertainment Park, DC Development (Construction) Group, Mayer Steel Pipe, Tze Shin Transportation and Terminal and Far Eastern Air Transport (5%). It had 100 employees, as of March 2007.

Destinations

Hub
Focus city
Future destinations
Terminated destinations
Destination Code Airport Notes Refs
Kaohsiung KHH RCKH Kaohsiung International Airport
Green Island GNI RCGI Lüdao Airport
Magong MZG RCQC Penghu Airport
Orchid Island KYD RCLY Lanyu Airport
Cimei CMJ RCCM Qimei Airport
Taitung TTT RCFN Taitung Airport
Wangan WOT RCWA Wang-an Airport

Fleet

Daily Air DHC-6 Twin Otter

As of November 2016, the Daily Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Daily Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 4 — 19
MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 2 — 8
Total 6 —

Incidents and accidents

  • On 13 April 2017, Flight 55571, a DHC-6, overran the runway and crashed into a guard rail in Lanyu Airport in Taitung County. None of the people on board were hurt.
  • On 7 June 2017, a Daily Air-operated DHC-6-400 experienced malfunction in its front landing gear. No person on board was hurt.

See also

References

  1. 德安航空股份有限公司一般租機合約書. Daily Air. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved January 5, 2012. 地址：台北市敦化北路340號之10
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 71.
  3. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.
  4. Shan, Shelley (14 April 2017). "Daily Air flight overruns runway on Orchid Island". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  5. Lu, Tyson; Kao, Evelyn (7 June 2017). "Daily Air plane grounded in Lanyu due to nose landing gear problem". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

External links

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