By Alfred Chua2021-04-08T09:06:00+01:00
China Airlines has said that its regional unit Mandarin Airlines will be around for the foreseeable future, even as its peers in the region have shuttered or merged such brands into mainline operations.
In an email interview with FlightGlobal, China Airlines vice-president for corporate communications Marian Lu says the airline group’s brands are “differentiated” enough to target different segments.
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Mandarin Airlines mainly operates domestic flights.
Apart from China Airlines and Mandarin Airlines, the group also consists of low-cost unit Tigerair Taiwan.
Mainline China Airlines is based at Taipei’s Taoyuan airport, and operates international flights, while Mandarin Airlines flies domestic routes with ATR 72s and Embraer E-190s, and wet-leases China Airlines aircraft to operate cross-strait and international flights.