Steven Feng
Seeing the gradual return of global travel, an executive at a Taiwanese airline company yesterday revealed plans to add more flights to serve passengers between Macau and Taipei.
Steven Feng, general manager at the Macau branch of Starlux Airlines, made the announcement on the sidelines of a media event.
The company has been operating one flight per day between Macau and Taipei, Feng recapped. “Considering possible relaxation to immigration restrictions in the future, particularly the announced cancellation of centralized quarantine in Taiwan in mid-October, we are planning to add an extra flight per day to the Macau-Taipei route starting early next year,” he added.
The executive added that many Taiwanese businesspeople in Guangdong would choose to fly back to Taiwan through Macau. They enter Macau by land before taking a flight back home.
The airline started its Macau-Taipei route with three flights per day on January 23, 2020. He hoped that the same or even a higher frequency of flights will return as international travel gradually resumes, as well as when, in the future, Macau passport holders can enter Taiwan without prior applications.
Feng revealed that, for the time being, the airline company is focusing on expanding across Asia. “In the short term, Asian routes will be the core of our development,” he remarked. “The next phase will be expanding to North America.”
He disclosed that the company’s preliminary plan is to commence flights to Los Angeles in April next year, with the delivery of A330neo and A350 aircraft. With this type of widebody aircraft, the company will enjoy greater flexibility in arranging its capacity.
“In fact, these larger planes will be deployed on the Macau-Taipei route when travel resumes,” Feng added. “People in Macau may enjoy the convenience of flying to Northeast Asian and North American destinations on Starlux flights through Taipei.”
He hinted that prices will likely be preferable to those offered by Air Macau.
