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Australia Asia Airlines

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Australia Asia Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
IM AAU AUSTASIA
Founded1990 (1990)
Commenced operations1990 (1990)
Ceased operations1996 (1996)
Frequent-flyer programQantas Frequent Flyer
Fleet size3
Destinations
Parent companyQantas
HeadquartersBotany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Key peopleJames Strong (CEO)
Australia Asia Airlines Boeing 747SP at Perth Airport in the mid-1990s.

Australia Asia Airlines (澳亞航空公司 Àoyà Hángkōng Gōngsī) was a subsidiary of Qantas founded due to the legal status of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and territory disputes with the People's Republic of China in order to allow Qantas to continue flying to Taiwan from Australia.[1]

History

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The subsidiary was established due to the People's Republic of China's objection to national carriers of countries with which it had diplomatic relations flying to Taiwan (Republic of China), which the former regarded as a breakaway province.[2]

The airline operated two Boeing 747SPs[3] and a Boeing 767[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 Airlines' aircraft were then returned to Qantas service.[5]

Destinations

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Asia

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Oceania

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Fleet

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Expanding Overseas...and at Home". Qantas. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  2. ^ Robert Storey (1998), Taiwan, Lonely Planet, p. 166, ISBN 978-0-86442-634-5
  3. ^ "Australia Asia Airlines Fleet | Airfleets aviation". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  4. ^ "VH-OGA Boeing 767". Aussieairliners.org. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Australia Asia Airlines Fleet Details and History – Planespotters.net Just Aviation". Planespotters.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
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