Virus Outbreak: StarLux to resume limited operations next monthBy Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporterStarLux Airlines Co (星宇航空) plans to resume operations next month by offering three flights from Taiwan to Macau each week and one weekly flight to Penang, Malaysia, citing easing conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The start-up airline, which on Jan. 23 began operations by providing daily flights from Taiwan to Macau, Penang and Da Nang, Vietnam, canceled most of its flights in February and suspended operations completely in the middle of March as the novel coronavirus spread. We do not think that Taiwanese tourists are ready to travel overseas again, as the outbreak has not ended,” Nieh said. Starlux said that it is retaining its original plan of launching operations to new destinations — two second-tier cities in Southeast Asia and Japan — in the third and fourth quarters respectively. Its goal of receiving another nine new A321neo aircraft next year remains unchanged, the airline said.

Source: Taipei Times May 15, 2020 15:56 UTC