StarLux Airlines Co (星宇航空) chairman Chang Kuo-wei (張國煒) yesterday returned to Evergreen Group (長榮集團) as the new chairman of Uni Airways Co (立榮航空), after he was in 2016 removed from his post as chairman of EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空).
Uni Airways’ largest shareholder, Evergreen International Corp (長榮國際), yesterday appointed Chang as its new representative to replace Solomon Lin (林志忠) as Uni Airways’ chairman, the company said in regulatory filing.
The Uni Airways’ board also appointed Tony Cho (周寶裕), who serves as Chang’s special assistant at StarLux, as new general manager.
This appointments came after Evergreen International, a management unit of the group,
Backed by higher freight rates, Evergreen Marine Corp (長榮海運), the nation’s largest container shipper, yesterday reported that revenue last quarter grew 89 percent from a year earlier to NT$170 billion (US$5.88 billion).
Even though the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), which reflects spot freight rates on major routes that Shanghai is on, declined in the first quarter to 4,540 points late last month from 5,109 points in early January, the index was still much higher in the first quarter than a year earlier.
The container shipper reported revenue of NT$58.6 billion for last month, up 84 percent year-on-year and the highest in