[1] The establishment of Mandarin Airlines is closely related to the political status of Taiwan.

However, PRC's objection did not extend to other Taiwanese carriers not carrying the ROC flag.

On 16 October 1991, Mandarin Airlines started operations with direct flights from Taipei to Sydney in Australia.

[1] In early 2000, the airline bought 5 Dornier 228 from Uni Air to fly outlying routes.

These planes were sold to Daily Air in 2005, a helicopter carrier in Taiwan which had won the bid to fly these money-losing routes.

[4] The airline uses Hai Tung Ching (海東青; 海东青; Hǎidōngqīng), a gyrfalcon from a Chinese legend, as its logo.