Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/08
By: Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, May 8 (CNA) StarLux Airlines, which was established last week, is eyeing the
Chang Kuo-wei (張國煒)
transit market in Asia in the initial stages of its operation, as well as high-end travelers, its chairman, Chang Kuo-wei (張國煒), said Tuesday.
“The Taiwanese market itself is too small, so we need to focus on the transit sector to play big,” said Chang, a former EVA Airways chairman.
There is still room for growth in the transit market, said StarLux President Glenn Chai (翟健華), adding that the Asia-Pacific region will play a bigger role in the global aviation market in the coming years.
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), by 2035, 40 percent of a total of 7.2 billion global passengers will be traveling across the area, compared with 30 percent of 3.8 billion passengers in 2016. [FULL STORY]
