Taiwan ready for direct cross-strait open aviation with mainland

[2008-12-23 16:54:51]

16 Dec 2008

AIR service pacts between Taiwan and the mainland went into effect this week, reported Taiwan's Central News Agency, setting the stage for an historic launch of direct air cargo services across the Taiwan Strait.

The first direct cross-strait cargo charter flight will be provided by China Southern Airlines and is scheduled to take off from Guangzhou for the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, according to Civil Aeronautics Administration officials.

The earliest daily passenger flights available that day will be provided by Taiwan's TransAsia Airways and China's China Eastern Airlines and will take off from Taipei for Shanghai and from Shanghai for Taoyuan, respectively.

Air agreements were signed November 4 in Taipei by Taipei-based Straits Exchange Foundation chairman Chiang Pin-kung and Beijing-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits President Chen Yunlin - who as the heads of the semi-official intermediary bodies serve as the top negotiators representing each side - upon the conclusion of their second round of talks in five months since cross-strait dialogue was resumed in June.

Source: 航运在线

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