China Airlines (CAL), EVA Airways (EVA Air), Mandarin Airlines, UNI Air, Far Eastern Air Transport and Tiger Taiwan will operate the routes left by TransAsia starting Feb. 16, the CAA said, adding that carriers that obtain the more lucrative cross-strait routes will also have to shoulder less profitable routes. As a result, the unprofitable Taichung Airport to Hualien Airport and Songshan airport to Hualien Airport routes were reassigned to Mandarin and UNI Air, respectively, the CAA said. In addition, UNI Air got the Kinmen Airport to Penghu Airport route, which was operated by TransAsia on a charter basis. Other routes between Taipei, Kaohsiung and outlying Kinmen and Penghu islands will be operated jointly by Mandarin, UNI Air and Far Eastern, it said. The parent companies of Mandarin and UNI Air — CAL and EVA Air — took over the Taichung Airport to Pudong airport and Songshan airport to Pudong airport routes, respectively.

Source: Taipei Times January 21, 2017 16:02 UTC