Daily Air Corporation is a Taiwanese regional airline with its headquarters in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.[1] 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.[2]
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.[2]
Destinations
Fleet
As of November 2016, the Daily Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[3]
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.[5]
- On 7 June 2017, a Daily Air-operated DHC-6-400 experienced malfunction in its front landing gear. No person on board was hurt.[6]
See also
- List of companies of Taiwan
- List of airlines of Taiwan
- Air transport in Taiwan
- List of airports in Taiwan
- Transportation in Taiwan
External links
- Official website (Chinese)
- English (archive)
References
- http://www.dailyair.com.tw/uploadfile/download/一般租機合約書(載人).doc Daily Air, retrieved January 5, 2012^
- Directory: World Airlines Flight International, 2007-04-03^
- Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two) Airliner World^
- Global Airline Guide 2025 - Daily Air Airliner World, September 2025^
- Shelley Shan. Daily Air flight overruns runway on Orchid Island Taipei Times, 14 April 2017, retrieved 14 April 2017^
- Tyson Lu, Evelyn Kao. Daily Air plane grounded in Lanyu due to nose landing gear problem Focus Taiwan, 7 June 2017, retrieved 8 June 2017^