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}}Air Macau Company Limited ({{zh|t=澳門航空股份公司}}, Portuguese: Companhia de Transportes Aéreos Air Macau, S.A.R.L.) is the flag carrier of Macau. It operates services to 24 destinations in Mainland China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, from the airline's home base at Macau International Airport. In 2014, Air Macau carried 2.12 million passengers with an average load factor of 68.20% and carried 15,900 tonnes of cargo and mail.Air China Annual Report 2014 (Page 22)

History

The airline was established on 13 September 1994,WEB,weblink Air Macau Company Limited: Private Company Information - Bloomberg, www.bloomberg.com, 2017-11-20, and began commercial operations on 9 November 1995, with a flight from Macau to Beijing and Shanghai. Prior to 1995, there was no air service to Macau since 1962 other than the helicopter service. Seaplane service had been provided by Macau Air Transport Company from 1948 to 1961. One-aircraft service between Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei began on 8 December 1995. The first pure-freighter service was launched on 7 October 2002, between Taipei and Shenzhen via Macau.In 1999 the airline had 1.1 million passengers each year, with 80% of them originating from two cities in the Republic of China on Taiwan: Kaohsiung and Taipei.MAGAZINE,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20010128213900weblink">weblink dead, 2001-01-28, Cheng, Allen T., Fairweather Friends, Asia Week, 1999-12-24, 2017-09-12, In 2006 Air Macau was owned by China National Aviation Holding (51%), TAP Air Portugal (20%), STDM (14%), EVA Air (5%), the government of Macau (5%) and Macau investors (5%). It employs 1,245 staff (at March 2016).{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} In 2009 two companies controlled by Edmund Ho, the Chief Executive of Macau sold a combined 1.25% stake to Air China for a sum undisclosed by the parties.WEB,weblink Air China Buys 1.25% Air Macau Stake, 2009-07-19, Macau Daily Times, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120225172237weblink">weblink 2012-02-25, () In 2010 TAP sold its share to Air China."Portuguese carrier offloads Air Macau stake." Macau Business. Posted April 29, 2010. Issue 7 (7/2006). Retrieved on April 28, 2013. (weblink" title="archive.today/20130429023659weblink">Archive)

Corporate affairs

(File:Airmacbldg.jpg|thumb|Edifício CNAC)The head office is currently in the Edifício CNAC ({{zh|first=t,j|t=中航大廈|s=中航大厦|j=zung1 hong4 daai6 haa6|p=Zhòngháng Dàshà|labels=no}}) in Sé (Cathedral Parish) on the Macau Peninsula."Contact Us Service {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325235046weblink |date=2010-03-25 }}." Air Macau. Retrieved on 23 September 2009. "General Administration Office 398 Alameda Dr. Carlos D'Assumpcao, Edif.CNAC, 13-18 andar, Macau""Contact Us {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130172230weblink |date=2011-11-30 }}." (Chinese) Air Macau. Retrieved on 15 December 2011. "" Previously it was in the Edifício Tai Wah ({{zh|first=t,j|t=大華大廈|s=大华大厦|j=daai6 waa4 daai6 haa6|p=Dàhuá Dàshà|labels=no}}) in Sé."weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120426051856weblink">Outras Empresas do Grupo TAP." TAP Portugal. p. 66 (PDF p. 15). Retrieved on 15 December 2011. "693 Av. da Praia Grande Ed. Tai Wah 5/12 Macau"WEB,weblink zh:澳航辦事處 - 澳航地區辦事處: 澳門, Air Macau, zh-mo, 2 April 2003,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20030402042313weblink">weblink 15 December 2011, 2003-04-02, "weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20030402024453weblink">Air Macau Contacts: Macau." Air Macau. Retrieved on 15 December 2011. "General Administration Office 693 Av. da Praia Grande, Edif. Tai Wah, 5, 8-12 andar, Macau"

Destinations

The airline currently operates 24 destinations including 15 destinations in mainland China.WEB,weblink Destination Network of Macau International Airport, 2016-03-13, 2016-03-13,weblink dead, {| class="sortable wikitable "!Country / Region!City!Airport!Notes!RefsChinarowspan="2"Beijing>Beijing Capital International Airport> align=center|Beijing Daxing International Airport> align=center|Changzhou>Changzhou Benniu International Airport> align=center|Chengdu>Chengdu Tianfu International Airport> align=center|Chongqing>Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport> align=center|Guiyang>Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport> align=center|Hangzhou>Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport> align=center|Nanjing>Nanjing Lukou International Airport> align=center|Nanning>Nanning Wuxu International Airport> align=center|Ningbo>Ningbo Lishe International Airport> align=center|Qingdao>Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport> align=center|ShanghaiShanghai Hongqiao International Airportalign=center|Shanghai Pudong International Airport> align=center|Taiyuan>Taiyuan Wusu International Airport> align=center|Tianjin>Tianjin Binhai International Airport> align=center|Wenzhou>Wenzhou Longwan International Airport> align=center|Xiamen>Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport> align=center|Yiwu>Yiwu Airport> align=center|Jakarta>Soekarno–Hatta International Airport> align=centerWEBSITE=AEROROUTES, 16 October 2023, JapanFukuokaFukuoka Airport{{Coming soonAIR MACAU RESUMES FUKUOKA SERVICE FROM JULY 202? >URL=HTTPS://WWW.AEROROUTES.COM/ENG/240312-NXJUL24FUKDATE=12 MARCH 2024, Osaka>Kansai International Airport> align=center|Tokyo>Narita International Airport> align=center|Macau>Macau International Airport>Kuala Lumpur>Kuala Lumpur International Airport>AIR MACAU RESUMES KUALA LUMPUR SERVICE FROM JAN 2024 >URL=HTTPS://WWW.AEROROUTES.COM/ENG/231215-NXJAN24KUL ACCESS-DATE=15 DECEMBER 2023, Singapore>Changi Airport> align=center|Seoul>Incheon International Airport> align=center|TaiwanKaohsiungKaohsiung International Airportalign=centerTaipei>Taoyuan International Airport> align=center|Thailandrowspan="2"Bangkok>Don Mueang International Airport> align=center|Suvarnabhumi Airport> align=center|VietnamDa NangDa Nang International Airportalign=centerHanoi>Noi Bai International Airport> align=center|

Codeshare agreements

Air Macau has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:WEB,weblink Profile on Air Macau, CAPA, Centre for Aviation, 2016-11-04,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161104225110weblink">weblink 2016-11-04, live, {{div col|colwidth=30em}}

• Air China
• All Nippon Airways
• Asiana Airlines
• Philippine Airlines
• Shenzhen Airlines
• Thai Airways International

{{Div col end}}Air Macau and All Nippon Airways officially launch frequent flyer program cooperation from July 1, 2010. Air Macau Privileges members will earn mileages on all scheduled flights operated by All Nippon Airways and marketed by All Nippon Airways or Air Macau, and redeem Award Travel on all scheduled flights operated and marketed by All Nippon Airways.WEB, Air Macau "Privileges" and All Nippon Airways launch Frequent Flyer Program cooperation, 2010-06-30, airmacau.com.mo,weblink 2010-06-30, {{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Frequent flyer

Air Macau has its own frequent flyer program called Lotus Miles (formerly Privileges). On 1 January 2015 Privileges merged with Phoenix Miles, which is Air China frequent flyer program, hence retaining the current Lotus Miles.WEB, 澳門航空"澳尊會"加入"鳳凰知音"常旅客計劃, airchina.com.cn/,weblink 2021-01-21,

Fleet

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Current fleet

{{As of|2023|12}}, Air Macau operates an all-Airbus fleet composed of the following aircraft:WEB, List of Macao Registered Aircraft,weblink Civil Aviation Authority of Macao SAR, WEB, Air Macau Fleet Details and History,weblink 2021-11-02, Planespotters.net, {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"|+ Air Macau fleet! rowspan="2" style="background:#372766;color:white;"|Aircraft! rowspan="2" style="background:#372766;color:white;"|In service! rowspan="2" style="background:#372766;color:white;"|Orders! colspan="3" style="background:#372766;color:white;"|Passengers! rowspan="2" style="background:#372766;color:white;"|Notes style="background:#372766;color:white;"! style="width:30px;" style="background:#372766;"| C! style="width:30px;" style="background:#372766;"| Y! style="width:30px;" style="background:#372766;"| Total|Airbus A320-200|6|—|8|150|158|B-MCI in "Historic Centre of Macau" livery.Airbus A320neo|4|—|8|150|158PUBLISHER=CH-AVIATION, 20 November 2018, Airbus A321-2008—|12|170|182B-MBM in "Macau Welcomes You" special liveryB-MBB in "Macao - Creative City of Gastronomy".|24|155|179|Airbus A321neo|4|—|12|186|198PUBLISHER=CH-AVIATION PUBLISHER=AIR MACAU ARCHIVE-DATE=2019-12-15 URL-STATUS=DEAD, Airbus A330>Airbus A330-300|1|—|30|271|301|B-5916 wet lease from Air China!Total!23!—!colspan="4" |

Former fleet

Two Boeing 727-100Fs were rented to provide air cargo service to Shenzhen and Taiwan from 2002 to 2006; both have returned to revenue service Transmile Air Services (and repainted from Air Macau livery). Both aircraft were replaced with two A300-600RFs owned by Air Macau. These two Airbus A300 left the company in 2012. Two old A321-100 were replaced by two new A321-200 in 2013. In 2020 two Airbus A319-100 were retired.

Livery

Although Air Macau serves as Macau's flag carrier, the Special Administrative Region of Macau flag has never appeared on any of its aircraft, similar to Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific. However, unlike Cathay Pacific, which carried a Union Jack on its aircraft prior to the Hong Kong SAR's 1997 handover, the flag of Portugal never appeared on any Air Macau aircraft prior to the 1999 handover.

Macau Asia Express

Macau Asia Express was a failed low-cost airline project, which was to be based in Macau and originally to be launched in 2007, offering scheduled flights mostly to mainland China.NEWS, Directory: World Airlines, Flight International, 46, 2007-04-10, It was founded on 24 January 2006 with an initial funding of $30 million. It was owned by Air Macau (51%) and ST-CNAC (CNAC and Shun Tak Holdings) (49%). The aircraft fleet would have consisted of 6 Airbus A320 short-medium haul jet aircraft, which was planned to be expanded to 15-20 aircraft over the first years in operation.WEB, Macau Asia Express to be launched later this year, 2006-01-27, m-Travel.com,weblink 2007-06-15, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070928222059weblink">weblink 2007-09-28, In November 2007, the Macau Daily News reported that Macau Asia Express was suffering funding problems, which led to a delay at the taking-over of the already ordered aircraft, and finally the revocal of the Air Operator's Certificate in 2008.WEB,weblink Macau Asia Express at airlineupdate.com, 2010-11-20,weblink" title="archive.today/20120721093306weblink">weblink 2012-07-21, dead,

See also

• Transport in Macau

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Air Macau}}

• {{Official website |URL =weblink }} {{in lang|en}}

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