Uni Air
UNI Airways (Chinese: 立榮航空; pinyin: Lìróng Hángkōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lïp-êng Háng-khong) is a Taiwanese regional airline based in Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan. With an operation focus on domestic routes, UNI Air is a subsidiary of Evergreen Group, making it a sister airline of the mainline operator EVA Air. It was known as Makung Airlines (馬公航空) until 1996, when EVA Air took a majority share of the airline. In 1998, the airline merged with Great China Airlines (大華航空) and Taiwan Airways (臺灣航空), which EVA Air also had interests in, to form UNI Airways (UNI Air).
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Founded | 1988 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Infinity MileageLands | ||||||
Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
Destinations | 27 | ||||||
Parent company | EVA Air | ||||||
Headquarters | Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||
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Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 立榮航空 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 立荣航空 | ||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 馬公航空 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 马公航空 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Magong International Airlines | ||||||||||
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The airline has had the largest market share in the domestic Taiwan market in recent years, and has expanded to include international flights. A few of its former McDonnell Douglas MD-90 and current ATR 72 aircraft were repainted and flew for parent carrier EVA Air due to overcapacity. In recent years, Uni Air has launched services to international destinations from the southern Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung. In 2007, the airline received permission to begin flights to Japan.