Formosa Airlines (Chinese: 國華航空; pinyin: Guóhuá Hángkōng) was a Taiwanese regional airline operating an extensive network of domestic routes out of its bases at Taipei Songshan Airport and Kaohsiung International Airport.

[3] The company was founded on 5 May 1966 as Yung Shing Airlines (Chinese: 永興航空; pinyin: Yǒngxīng Hángkōng),[4] and revenue operations commenced on 1 July.

[8] On 8 August 1987, the company was renamed Formosa Airlines (reflecting the historic name for Taiwan) and moved its headquarters to Taipei, with the city's Songshan Airport becoming its primary base.

[8] In 1988, Formosa Airlines became the first Far Eastern operator of the Saab 340, with a capacity of 37 passengers its by then-largest aircraft type.

[6] Plans for turning the airline into a Hong Kong-registered company in order to be able to transport passengers between Taiwan and China were brought forth in 1989, but did not materialize.