Daily Air Explained

Airline:Daily Air
Iata:DA
Icao:DAC
Callsign:DAILY
Hubs:Kaohsiung International Airport
Focus Cities:Taitung Airport
Headquarters:2F, 340-9 Tun-hua North Road, Songshan, Taipei City, Taiwan
Fleet Size:6
P:Dé'ān Hángkōng
Also Known As:Former name
T2:達信航空
S2:达信航空
P2:Dáxìn Hángkōng

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 to 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 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.

Destinations

Hub
Focus City
Future destinations
Terminated destinations
CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
KaohsiungKHHRCKH
Green IslandGNIRCGI
MagongMZGRCQC
Orchid IslandKYDRCLY
CimeiCMJRCCM
TaitungTTTRCFN
WanganWOTRCWA

Fleet

As of November 2016, the Daily Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[3]

Daily Air Fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter419
MBB/Kawasaki BK 11728
Total6 -

Incidents and accidents

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.dailyair.com.tw/uploadfile/download/一般租機合約書(載人).doc . zh:德安航空股份有限公司一般租機合約書 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085040/http://www.dailyair.com.tw/uploadfile/download/%E4%B8%80%E8%88%AC%E7%A7%9F%E6%A9%9F%E5%90%88%E7%B4%84%E6%9B%B8(%E8%BC%89%E4%BA%BA).doc . 2016-03-05 . Daily Air . January 5, 2012 . "Chinese: 地址:台北市敦化北路340號之10".
  2. News: Directory: World Airlines . . 71 . 2007-04-03.
  3. Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two). Airliner World. November 2016. 33.
  4. Web site: Daily Air flight overruns runway on Orchid Island. 14 April 2017. Shelley. Shan. Taipei Times. 14 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Daily Air plane grounded in Lanyu due to nose landing gear problem. 7 June 2017. Tyson. Lu. Evelyn. Kao. Focus Taiwan. 8 June 2017.