V Air
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| Founded | 20 January 2014 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 17 December 2014 | ||||||
| Hubs | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 | ||||||
| Parent company | TransAsia Airways (100%) | ||||||
| Headquarters | 11th floor, 139 Zhengzhou Road, Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||
| Key people | Vincent M. Lin (Chairman) Eleni Lung (CEO) Bernard Hsu (CCO) Michael Coltman (COO) | ||||||
| Website | www.flyvair.com | ||||||
V Air (Chinese: 威航; pinyin: Wēi Háng) is a Taiwanese low-cost airline based in Taipei. It is a franchise subsidiary of TransAsia Airways and started operations on 17 December 2014, primarily with the focus on Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, from its main hub at Taiwan Taoyuan Airport.[1] The airline plans to order three Airbus A320 family aircraft with another three during 2016–17.[2]
History
On 24 March 2014, V Air announced that their corporate identity would be the Formosan black bear.
V Air commenced services on 17 December 2014 with its maiden flight from Taipei to Bangkok, Thailand.[3] On 7 January 2015, a second route, to Chiang Mai, Thailand, was launched.[4] On 10 April 2015, V air opened its third scheduled flight route to Macau.
Destinations
V Air serves the following destinations:
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Cambodia
- Siem Reap - Angkor International Airport Charter
- South Korea
- Japan
- Fukuoka - Fukuoka Airport (begins 25 January 2016)[6]
- Ibaraki - Ibaraki Airport (begins 15 March 2016)[citation needed]
- Nagoya - Chūbu Centrair International Airport [7]
- Osaka - Kansai International Airport (begins 23 January 2016)[6]
Fleet
The V Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2015[update]):
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders (Options) |
Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | 1 | 180 | EIS: 1 in 2016 |
| Airbus A321-200 | 2 | — | 194 | Equipped with sharklets |
| Total | 3 | 1 | ||
Products and services
V Air offers Taiwanese cuisine and beverage for sale on its flights.[8] The seats have 32 inch seat pitch.
See also
References
- ^ "'V Air' selected as Transasia's new low-cost airline name". Radio Taiwan International. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "V Air to start operations later this year". Sina News. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "Taiwan's V Air lifts off with Thai flights". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Taiwan's V Air Launched". Airliner World: 17. March 2015.
- ^ "V Air to Start Taipei - Busan Service from late-August 2015". Airlineroute.net. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ a b "V Air Plans Osaka / Fukuoka Service from Jan 2016". Airlineroute.net. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "V Air to Start Taipei - Nagoya Service from Dec 2015". Airlineroute.net. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ "V Air in-flight services". V-air. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
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