Staff writer, with CNAStarLux Airlines Co (星宇航空), which is being set up by former EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空) chairman Chang Kuo-wei (張國煒), is to apply later this month for a business license in Taiwan, a spokesman for the start-up said on Sunday. StarLux is awaiting a permit from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to establish an air transport company, after which it is to apply with the Civil Aeronautics Administration for an air operator certificate, company spokesman Nieh Kuo-wei (聶國維) said. StarLux hopes to start commercial airline services in 2020, operating on several short routes to Southeast and Northeast Asia, before introducing long-haul routes to the US, he added. The rental contract for the A320s is to be signed in the first half of this year, he said. The plan to establish StarLux was announced in 2016 by Chang, the youngest son of Chang Yung-fa (張榮發), the late business tycoon who founded Taiwanese transportation conglomerate Evergreen Group (長榮集團).

Source: Taipei Times March 06, 2018 15:56 UTC