Jackson Ngiraingas, Minister of Public Infrastucture , Industries and Commerce in an interview said that TransAsia Airwayswill start servicing the Koror routeson Feb. 24.
On Feb. 24 , the scheduled arrival of the airline from Taipei is at 2:50 p.m. and leaves to Taipei at 3:50 p.m.
The Feb. 28 flight meanwhile arrives at 1:40 p.m. in Koror and leaves for Taipei at 2:40 p.m.
The new airline is in addition to the scheduled charter flights of China Airlines from Taiwan.
TransAsia was formed in 1951 as one of the first private civil airline in Taiwan, flying the Taipei – Hualien – Taitung – Kaohsiung route. It also served as local agent of foreign airlines and provided airport ground handling services for foreign airlines.
Air services ceased in 1958 when the management of the airline decided to concentrate their attention on their agency businesses. It established its airline meal catering services in the same year.
Domestic flights were resumed in 1988, after an absence in the market for 30 years. In 1991, first ATR72 aircraft joined the airline. In 1992, unscheduled charter services to international destinations, including Laoag, Manila, Cebu, Phnom Penh, Surabaya, Yangon, Phuket, Danang and Manado started. The Airbus A320 joined the fleet, becoming the first jet in the airline.
First scheduled international services started in 1995 to Macau and Surabaya.
