Australia Asia Airlines
Australia Asia Airlines was a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas set up to operate services between Australia and Taiwan in 1990. Qantas was not able to fly to Taiwan in its own right due to mainland Chinese sensitivities about the breakaway province. Similar arrangements were made by British Airways and Japan Airlines amongst others.
The airline operated Boeing 747SP and Boeing 767 aircraft seconded from the Qantas fleet. They were repainted with a slightly different livery, the flying kangaroo replaced by a dynamic ribbon. It ceased operation in 1996 and its aircraft returned to Qantas service. The 747SP aircraft have since been scrapped. Qantas now operates services to Taiwan as a code share out of Sydney with Taiwanese carrier EVA Air.
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