Mandarin Airlines launched its inaugural flight from Taichung's Ching Chuan Kang Airport to Macau at 13:15, in the afternoon of 12/23/2005, by FK100 aircraft, Flight Number AE855. The total flight time was 1 hour and 45 minutes. The inaugural flight reached Macau at 15:00 in the afternoon, and it took off from Macau Airport again at 17:00 and reached Taichung at 18:35. The first Taichung/Macau group tour organized by travel agencies in the middle Taiwan also launched an attractive schedule of three nights and two days trip.