TAIWANESE BUDGET AIRLINES STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE |廉航競爭太激烈 國籍兩家廉航傳恐收攤!

Taiwanese budget airlines Tigerair Taiwan and V air faced difficulties in running their business after starting their operations 2 years ago. While it is said that flights of V air have decreased and V air is about to close it business, Tigerair Taiwan struggles to survive. Flight tickets of budget airlines sold out immediately. Taiwanese budget airlines Tigerair Taiwan and V air both started their operation in 2014. However, they have seen an accumulated deficit over NT$ 10 billion dollars over the past 2 years. It is said that V air will close its business soon because of its unpromising future. ==TRAVELER== It's a pity. We won't get to fly on a budget airline in the future. We may have to spend more money on buying flight tickets. ==TRAVELER== Budget airlines make going abroad cheaper. I don't know why V air plans to close its business. I really want to know the reasons. V air is a franchise subsidiary of TransAsia Airways. Due to V air's decreasing number of flights, and TransAsia Airways' transformation into an airline between full-service airlines and budget airlines, TransAsia Airways plans to shut down V air. As to Tigerair Taiwan, a joint venture between China Airlines Group and Tiger Airways Holdings, it has put the brakes on its new flight route to Sapporo recently. Experts said that Taiwan's budget airlines strive to survive in unfavorable situations. ==LI CHI-YUEH, Asst., Prof., TPCU Department of Tourism and Hospitality== Airline fleet of Taiwanese budget airlines is comparatively smaller than that of other airlines. Therefore, the purchase cost will be relatively high, which leads to a higher operating cost. The sold cheap flight tickets cannot make ends meet with it, so Taiwanese budget airlines need to increase their load factor. However, there is a limited number of Taiwanese people going abroad, and international visitors do not know much about these two budget airlines, which make both budget airlines hard to run their business. Taiwan's budget airline market is marked with a late start, and does not have a full support from the government. Experts believe that the government should provide funds and comprehensive plans to help draw more visitors and expand the budget airline market. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 一開賣，馬上就被搶購一空的廉價航空機票，台灣兩家國籍廉航虎航和威航，2014年9月和12月分別開航，不到兩年，虧損超過100億元，未來發展不樂觀，現再傳出威航即將收攤，虎航還在掙扎中。 ==旅客 鄒先生== 覺得很可惜 可能以後出去 沒有廉價航空可以搭 可能要花比較多錢 去買一般的那種航空 ==旅客 蔡先生== 可以比較便宜的出國 那我不知道收的原因 到底是什麼 由復興航空百分之百投資的威航，航班陸續減少，再加上復興將轉型為複合式航空，營運方式介於傳統航空和廉航之間，和威航的品牌差異化愈來愈小，復興也考慮要結束威航。 而由台灣華航和新加坡共同合作的虎航，原本預計在9月13號開航的台北到日本札幌，也臨時喊卡，學者分析，在內外條件不利的情況底下，台灣廉航經營得很辛苦。 ==台北城市科技大學觀光系助理教授 李奇嶽== 機隊規模小 所以採購成本 相對就會高的情況下 它的經營成本就會比人家高 可是呢 廉價航空的票價 又是比較低的票價 所以它必須要衝更高的載客率 我們人口數 出國的旅次 有一定的限量 外籍的旅客對於我們 這兩家廉價航空的 識別度跟喜好度比較低 台灣廉航起步晚，市場小、規模小，也不像其它國家，得到政府的全力支援，發展受到限制，如果要推展廉航這塊市場，學者建議，政府應該拿出資金和具體規劃，協助廉航擴展客源，把餅做大，在世界立足。 記者 林欣儀 陳信隆 台北報導