Editing China Airlines (section)

===Change of logo and livery (1995–2010)===
[[File:China Airlines MD-11 (N489GX) departing Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.jpg|thumb| [[MD-11|An MD-11]] wearing the new China Airlines pink flower livery at [[Taoyuan International Airport|Taipei Chiang Kai-Shek (now Taoyuan) International Airport]] in 2001]]

As the [[Taiwan|Republic of China (Taiwan)'s]] [[flag carrier]], China Airlines has been affected by disputes over the [[political status of Taiwan|political status of Republic of China (Taiwan)]], is under pressure from the [[Chinese Communist Party]], and was barred from flying into a number of countries maintaining diplomatic relations with the [[People's Republic of China]] ("Mainland China"). As a result, in the mid 1990s, China Airlines subsidiary [[Mandarin Airlines]] took over some of its [[Sydney]] and [[Vancouver]] international routes. Starting from October 7, 1995, partly as a way to avoid the international controversy, China Airlines unveiled its "plum blossom" logo,<ref name=history /><ref name="ttcal">{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: The China Airlines that was never based in China |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2021/10/03/2003765421 |access-date=October 4, 2021 |work=Taipei Times |date=October 3, 2021}}</ref> replacing the [[flag of the Republic of China|national flag]] which had previously appeared on the tail fins ([[empennage]]), and the [[aircraft livery]] from the red-white-blue national colours on the fuselage of its aircraft.<ref name="Murphy">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/14/news/14iht-tainote_0.html|title=Taipei Notebook : A Flag-Carrier That Won't|last=Murphy|first=Kevin|date=August 14, 1995|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 11, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The plum blossom (''[[Prunus mume]]'') is the Republic of China's [[National Flower of the Republic of China|National Flower]].

Throughout the 1990s, the airline employed many ex-ROC Air Force pilots. Due to the company's poor safety record in the 1990s, China Airlines began to change its pilot recruitment practices and the company began to actively recruit civilian-trained pilots with proven track records. In addition, the company began recruiting university graduates as trainees in its own pilot training program. The company also modified its maintenance and operational procedures. These decisions were instrumental in the company's improved safety record, culminating in the company's recognition by the [[IATA Operational Safety Audit]] (IOSA).<ref>{{Cite press release  | title = China Airlines Once Again Passes Rigorous Safety Audit  | publisher = China Airlines  | date = March 18, 2009  | url = http://www.china-airlines.com/en/newsen/newsen000542.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120228/http://www.china-airlines.com/en/newsen/newsen000542.htm | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | access-date = December 22, 2016}}</ref>

During the 1990s and early 2000s, China Airlines placed orders for various airliners including the [[Airbus A330]], [[Airbus A340]], [[Boeing 737-800]], as well as for additional 747-400s (both the passenger and freighter version).

Due to improving [[cross-strait relations]], the first [[cross-strait charter]] flights between Taiwan and China were introduced in 2003, with China Airlines' flight 585, operated by a Boeing 747-400, being the first Taiwanese flight to legally land in China.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} (The aircraft took off from [[Taoyuan International Airport|Taipei Chiang Kai-Shek (now Taoyuan) Airport]], stopped over at [[Hong Kong Airport]], and landed at [[Shanghai Pudong Airport]].) In 2005, the first nonstop cross-strait charter flights were initiated, with China Airlines' flight 581 ([[Taoyuan Airport]] to [[Beijing Capital Airport]]) being the first flight of the program to depart from Taiwan.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} In 2008, the first regular weekend charter flights between Taiwan and China started operating, with daily charter flights introduced later in the year. In 2009, regularly scheduled cross-strait flights were finally introduced.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

China Airlines signed an agreement to begin the process of joining [[airline alliance]] [[SkyTeam]] on September 14, 2010<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=China Airlines Joins SkyTeam |url=http://www.skyteam.com/en/about/press-releases/press-releases-2010/china-airlines-joins-skyteam/ |publisher=SkyTeam |date=September 14, 2010 |access-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> and officially became a full member on September 28, 2011.<ref name="skyteam">{{Cite news|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201009040010&Type=aECO|title=China Airlines to join Sky Team Alliance|author=Wang Shu-fen|date=September 4, 2010|work=Focus Taiwan|access-date=December 13, 2010|author2=Huang, Frances}}</ref> This was marked by an update to the logo of the airline and the typeface in which "China Airlines" is printed. The carrier was the first Taiwanese airline to join an airline alliance.