Daily Air
AirlineDaily Air
德安航空
IataDA
IcaoDAC
CallsignDAILY
Founded1993 (age 33)
HubsKaohsiung International Airport
Focus citiesTaitung Airport
Headquarters2F, 340-9 Tun-hua North Road, Songshan, Taipei City, Taiwan
Websitewww.dailyair.com.tw
Daily Air
C德安航空
PDé'ān Hángkōng
AltnameFormer name
T 2達信航空
S 2达信航空
P 2Dáxìn Hángkōng

Daily Air Corporation (Chinese: 德安航空; pinyin: Déān Hángkōng) is a Taiwanese regional airline with its headquarters in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.[1] It operates scheduled passenger services, primarily to domestic destinations such as offshore islands from Taiwan, including Penghu, Green Island and Orchid Island, as well as helicopter contract services and charters. Its main base is Taipei Songshan Airport, with hubs at Kaohsiung International Airport and Taitung Airport.[2]

History

The airline was established in 1992 as a helicopter operator. Aircraft services began on 8 June 2005. The airline is owned by Sincere and Durban Shopping Mall, Miramar Entertainment Park, DC Development (Construction) Group, Mayer Steel Pipe, Tze Shin Transportation and Terminal and Far Eastern Air Transport (5%). It had 100 employees, as of March 2007.[2]

Destinations

Hub
Focus city
Future destinations
Terminated destinations
DestinationCodeAirportNotesRefs
KaohsiungKHHRCKHKaohsiung International Airport
Green IslandGNIRCGILüdao Airport
MagongMZGRCQCPenghu Airport
Orchid IslandKYDRCLYLanyu Airport
CimeiCMJRCCMQimei Airport
TaitungTTTRCFNTaitung Airport
WanganWOTRCWAWang-an Airport

Fleet

As of November 2016, the Daily Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[3][needs update]

Daily Air fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter4—19(as of August 2025)[4]
MBB/Kawasaki BK 1172—8
Total6—

Incidents and accidents

  • On 7 June 2017, a Daily Air-operated DHC-6-400 experienced malfunction in its front landing gear. No person on board was hurt.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "zh:德安航空股份有限公司一般租機合約書". Daily Air. Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 5, 2012. "地址：台北市敦化北路340號之10"
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 71.
  3. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World. ' (November 2016): 33.
  4. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Daily Air". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 76.
  5. ^ Shan, Shelley (14 April 2017). "Daily Air flight overruns runway on Orchid Island". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  6. ^ Lu, Tyson & Kao, Evelyn (7 June 2017). "Daily Air plane grounded in Lanyu due to nose landing gear problem". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 8 June 2017.