Australia Asia Airlines
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| Founded | 1990 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1990 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 1996 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Qantas Frequent Flyer | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 1 | ||||||
| Parent company | Qantas Airways Limited | ||||||
| Headquarters | Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | ||||||
| Key people | James Strong (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Australia Asia Airlines (IATA: IM, ICAO: AAU, call sign: Austasia) (澳亞航空公司 Àoyà Hángkōng Gōngsī) was a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas set up to operate services between Australia and Taiwan (Republic of China).[1]
History
The subsidiary was established due to the People's Republic of China objection to national carriers of countries with which it had diplomatic relations flying to a territory that it regarded as a breakaway province.[2]
The airline operated two Boeing 747SPs[3] and a Boeing 767 aircraft[4] seconded from the Qantas fleet, repainted in a modified livery, which did not display the Flag of Australia, or the kangaroo logo, which was replaced by a dynamic ribbon. It initially flew its flights using the IATA code IM but switched to Qantas's QF in 1994.
Australia Asia Airlines ceased operations in 1996 as Qantas could by then serve Taiwan in its own right due to it being completely privatized. Australia Asia Airline's aircraft were then returned to Qantas service.[5]
See also
- British Asia Airways
- Japan Asia Airways
- KLM Asia
- Swissair Asia
- Air France Asie
- Foreign relations of Taiwan § Air links
References
- ^ "Expanding Overseas...and at Home". Qantas. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ Taiwan, Robert Storey, Lonely Planet, 1998, page 166
- ^ "Australia Asia Airlines Fleet | Airfleets aviation". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "VH-OGA Boeing 767". Aussieairliners.org. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "Australia Asia Airlines Fleet Details and History - Planespotters.net Just Aviation". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
External links
Media related to Australia Asia Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
