, where negative news spreads frequently in Taiwan, , Far East Airlines , was severely fined by the local civil aviation authority (about NT$460,000) for too many flights.
Taiwan media reported that Taiwan’s civil aviation authorities stated that the cancellation of flights attributable to Far East Airlines in 2019 has reached the penalty threshold. Although it has improved within a deadline, it has not improved within the deadline, so it has been fined NT$2 million.
According to statistics, the number of flight cancellations of Far East Airlines is: the cancellation rates of flights on 3 lines of Yuanhang Penghu -Taipei, Taipei- Kinmen , and Taichung -Kinmen 3 are 6.7%, 6.7%, and 7.8%, respectively, exceeding the standard 6%, so each of them is fined 600,000, 600,000, and 800,000, with a total of 2 million yuan.
Taiwan’s civil aviation authority pointed out that other than canceling flights due to natural disasters, ground changes, strikes and other factors, it will be handled by the aviation operators’ problems. Far East Airlines cancels flights due to old and malfunctioning McDonald (MD) models, which has violated the above reasonable scope.
It is understood that Far East Airlines currently uses two types of aircraft, McDonnell MD82/83 and ATR72, among which the McDonnell aircraft are both more than 20 years old. As of 2019, Far East Airlines had 8 McDonald passenger aircraft and 5 ATR72 passenger aircraft, of which McDonald passenger aircraft had a age of more than 21 years, with an average age of 24.6 years, and the oldest reached 28.2 years.
Because Taiwan’s civil aviation authorities have new regulations require that aircraft over 26 years of age are not allowed to fly passengers from January 1, 2020, Far East Airlines has suspended its first McDonald aircraft from August 2019, and it is expected that a total of 4 McDonald aircraft will be eliminated by the end of 2019. As of November 30, 2019, Far East Airlines has also operated 6 McDonald aircraft, of which 2 have exceeded 26 years, and another 6 ATR72.
