TransAsia Airways cuts capacity, routes
TransAsia Airways will reduce regional services and schedules to Japanese destinations following a FY2015 operating loss of NT$2.49b (US$76.8m). The carrier also plans to mothball 2 4-year-old Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The carrier said it is making the cuts to “improve finances” after declining profits over the last 12 months on the heels of 2 fatal crashes in 2014 and 2015 that killed a total of 91 people. Following the crashes at Pudong and Taipei, both involving ATR 72 aircraft, the Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration ordered comprehensive pilot retraining and denied the carrier access to new route schedule destinations for a year. The carrier will cut regional schedules from its home base at Taoyuan International, Taipei to Hokkaido, Sapporo and Asahikawa to 1 flight a day—down from 2X-daily. <br/>
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TransAsia Airways cuts capacity, routes
TransAsia Airways will reduce regional services and schedules to Japanese destinations following a FY2015 operating loss of NT$2.49b (US$76.8m). The carrier also plans to mothball 2 4-year-old Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The carrier said it is making the cuts to “improve finances” after declining profits over the last 12 months on the heels of 2 fatal crashes in 2014 and 2015 that killed a total of 91 people. Following the crashes at Pudong and Taipei, both involving ATR 72 aircraft, the Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration ordered comprehensive pilot retraining and denied the carrier access to new route schedule destinations for a year. The carrier will cut regional schedules from its home base at Taoyuan International, Taipei to Hokkaido, Sapporo and Asahikawa to 1 flight a day—down from 2X-daily. <br/>
