Macau Asia Express in the Press
Macau Daily News
Date: 10Nov07
Title: Macau Asia Express suffered a setback. CA hesitated for funding the airline and some management team menber resigned.
[FONT=Arial]Content: Air Macau, Air China and Shun Tak incorporated Macau Asia Express suffered a major setback in the establishment, for allegedly falling short of funding from Air China. According to source from the circle, a few of senior management team members, including the Chief Operation Officer and Commercial Head, were resigned already. Some around thirty staff were on duty as usual but the airline official website was suspended. MAE was granted 11 mainland routes and 11 regional routes by AACM and committed the lease of 6 A320. MAE planed to fly Ho CHih Minh and Clark in the first phase. Nagaya, Kitakyushu, Japan and Hangzhou, Tinjing, China are on their routes plan as well. It was believed if CA's withdrawal suspended the operation of MAE, the leased 6 aircrafts would be handled by Air Macau.
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