By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterStarLux Airlines Co (星宇航空) has officially become the nation’s seventh international carrier after the Ministry of Transportation and Communications approved its application yesterday. The CAA will be in charge of issuing an air operator’s certificate to the airline following the ministry’s approval, Lin said. Although it has obtained an air operator’s certificate, StarLux still has to apply for an airline call sign from the International Civil Aviation Organization, as well as an airline code from the International Air Transport Association, the company said. The airline code is used to label the flight number in the ticket-booking system, it said. StarLux this year also signed a contract to purchase 17 Airbus A350 aircraft, which are to be delivered between 2021 and 2024.
