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About Mandarin Airlines

Mandarin Airlines is a Taiwanese airline based in Taipei, Republic of China.

Mandarin Airlines currently operates to over 30 destinations including Hualien, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Makung, Taichung, Taipei, Taitung, Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Shantou, Shenyang, Xiamen, Zhengzhou, Hong Kong, Osaka, Tokyo, Kota Kinabalu, Seoul, Hanoi.

The Taiwanese carrier was founded in 1991 and has a parent company, China Airlines. The airline operates regional international and domestic flights, while it's parent company China Airlines focusses on the international and continental operations. Mandarin Airlines main hub is located at Taipei Songshan Airport with their other main hub found at Taichung Airport.

Mandarin Airlines fleet currently includes the following aircraft; Embraer E-190 and Boeing 737-800's, totalling nine aircraft. It is known that Mandarin Airlines also have additional aircraft on order. Mandarin Airlines announced the lease of 3 Embraer E-190s and 5 Embraer E-195 aircraft from GE Commercial Aviation Services.

Mandarin Airlines is majority owned by it's parent company China Airlines which is currently part of the SkyTeam alliance making Mandarin Airlines a SkyTeam affiliate. SkyTeam was the last of three major airlines alliances to be formed, however over recent years has grown to become the second largest airline alliance.

Mandarin Airlines Baggage

Checked Baggage

Domestic Routes: 1 x 10kg bag

International Routes: 30kg for economy, 35kg for premium economy and 40kg for business class. Each individual bag must be below 32kg in weight.

Mandarin Airlines Check-In Information

Online Check-In

Passengers travelling domestically can check in online between 24 hours and 1 hour before take-off. This can be done on the Mandarin Airlines website.

Passengers on international flights can check-in online between 24 hours and 1.5 hours before take-off

Please note that when checking in online, passengers cannot obtain a boarding pass. Instead, passengers must collect this at the airport at least 20 minutes before take off for domestic flights, or 1 hour before for international flights.

Airport Check-In

Passengers travelling on domestic routes must check in at the airport at least 1 hour before scheduled departure time.

Passengers travelling on international routes can check in at the airport from 2-2.5 hours before take-off.

Mandarin Airlines Codeshares

Mandarin Airlines has codeshare agreements with China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines and Xiamen Airlines.

Mandarin Airlines Baggage

Mandarin Airlines offers a frequent flyer program called Dynasty flyer.

Dynasty flyer offers frequent flyers lounge access along with many offer perks.

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The Fleet

Mandarin Airlines Hub Airport

Taipei Songshan Airport

Taipei Songshan Airport is an airport serving Taipei, China and is the hub airport for Mandarin Airlines. It is the also the focus city for China Airlines and EVA Air.

The airport has one runaway and can handle nearly 10 million passengers every year. Airlines which fly to and from Taipei Songshan Airport include Air China, All Nippon Airways, China Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, EVA Air, Japan Airlines, Mandarin Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and many others.

Mandarin Airlines News

14th February 2018

Mandarin Airlines puts ATR 72 into service

Mandarin Airlines first ATR 72-600 has entered into commercial service, operating a Taipei Sungshan-Magong flight on 14 February.

The aircraft registered B-16851 operated its inaugural flight as AE375, carrying 70 passengers.

With the addition of the ATR 72 to its fleet, the China Airlines subsidiary will will raise the frequency of its Kaohsiung-Magong service from daily to six-times daily from March. It will also operate thrice daily between Taichung and Magong, and six-times daily from Sungshan to Magong.

Services on all three routes are currently operated using Embraer 190s.

Mandarin has said that with the introduction of the turboprops, its six E190s will turn its focus to international services.

It has three ATR 72s in its fleet, all of which have been leased from Avation. It has also signed with ATR for another six units and is scheduled to take two aircraft annually over the next three years, with all nine aircraft in service by 2020.

12th January 2018

Mandarin Airlines gears up for turboprop operations

Mandarin Airlines is targeting to begin operations of its ATR 72-600 turboprops before the Lunar New Year period in mid-February.

The carrier has already taken delivery of three turboprops, and is conducting proving flights as part of the process of certificating them with Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration. The plan is to use the aircraft largely on services to island destinations such as Magong and Kinmen, and also between some domestic points.

Its inaugural turboprop service will operate on the Kaohsiung-Magong route.

Parent China AirlinesGroup has also commissioned a 2,850sqm hangar at Taipei's Songshan airport to support the turboprops. The facility can hold up to three tubroprops concurrently and will have the capability to perform heavy maintenance up to C-check for the ATR 72-600. It will also do some work on China Airlines' narrowbody fleet.

The three ATR 72s inMandarin Airlines' fleet are on lease from Avation, and the carrier has also signed with ATR for another six units. It is scheduled to take two ATR 72s annually over the next three years, with all nine aircraft to be in place by 2020.

With the introduction of the turboprops, Mandarin says its six Embraer 190s will return its focus to international services. It also has two Boeing 737-800s in its fleet.

"The improvement to carrying capacity and dispatching flexibility will expand the profit niche for theChina AirlinesGroup," it adds.

4th December 2017

Mandarin Airlines takes first ATR 72-600 in regional fleet expansion

Taiwanese carrier Mandarin Airlines took delivery of the first of three ATR 72-600s Nov. 24 on long-term lease from Singapore-based lessor Avation.

The turboprop aircraft, in a single-class, 70-seat configuration, will operate on Taiwan’s domestic network, which ATR has described as a competitive, highly challenging market.

Mandarin Airlines is a regional subsidiary of Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines.

“With ATR 72-600s joining the fleet, Mandarin Airlines will significantly increase the flight frequencies on each domestic route and then introduce some potential new sectors afterwards,” Mandarin Airlines president Jenny Tsao said. “The ATR 72-600 contributes to increased flight frequencies … for example, three to five daily flights instead of one to two daily currently.Intensive flight frequency is a main goal as we introduce ATRs into our market.”

ATR indicated it is also willing to provide engineering and technical support to China Airlines and its subsidiaries to set up in-house capabilities for ATR heavy maintenance, up to C checks.

Mandarin Airlines entered into its eight-year lease arrangement with Avation July 19 as part of its fleet optimisation plan, which calls for leasing three ATR 72-600s and the purchase of an additional six 72-6200s directly from ATR for a total of nine to be deployed by 2020. Mandarin announced its purchase of the six 72-600s the same day. The airline is expecting delivery of the three leased aircraft by the end of 2017. The six aircraft ordered directly from ATR are expected to be delivered in 2018 and 2019.

Describing its fleet plan, Mandarin said the new ATR 72-600s are “very suitable for [the] domestic network in Taiwan.” The new turboprops will join Mandarin’s fleet of six Embraer E-190s and two Boeing 737-800s as the airline “will continue to expand its domestic, international and cross-strait routes by means of synergic collaboration with its parent company China Airlines.”

Mandarin said its E-190 fleet will focus on more international and cross-strait routes as well as flexibly support domestic routes to meet peak season and holiday demand.