https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news ... operations
12.12.2019 - 07:45 UTC
the airline operates six ATR72-600s, four MD-82s, and three MD-83s
(of which two have been inactive since mid-September and early November 2019).
The MD-82s are 25.4 years old on average and the MD-83s - 23.4 years.
The airline expected to start taking deliveries of eleven B737-8s from lessors in November 2019
but this was delayed due to the type's grounding.
Flightradar24 ADS-B data indicates
that all aircraft except for the two grounded MD-82 were active on December 12.
https://worldairlinenews.com/2019/12/12 ... perations/
FAT had 11 Boeing 737-8 MAX 8s on order to replace the older MD-80 fleet.
This shut down is a second time FAT has ceased operations.
After a succession of financial crises in early 2008,
the airline publicly announced its bankruptcy and stopped all flights with effect on May 13, 2008.
The airline recommenced operations on April 18, 2011.
FAT was operating six 70-seat ATR 72-600s (above),
four DC-9-82s (MD-82s) and four DC-9-83 (MD-83s) (below) all configured with 165 seats.
FAT was founded in 1957 as Taiwan’s first private airline.
Initially it carried mostly mail to the outer islands of Kinmen and Penghu.
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