Houston Community News >> China Taiwan Flights for New Year
1/14/2008 (Xinhua)- The Chinese mainland
and Taiwan will arrange 94 cross-Straits charter flights during the
upcoming Spring Festival, China's General Administration of Civil
Aviation (CAAC) said in a circular released on its website here on
Monday.
The flights will operate from Feb. 2 to Feb. 6 and from Feb. 11to Feb. 15, the circular said. It was earlier reported 93 flights would be arranged.
The first non-stop chartered flight across the Taiwan Straits was launched during the Chinese Lunar New Year in 2005. The following year, 72 round-trip flights were arranged during the holiday.
This year's Spring Festival, the first day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 7. It is the most important festive occasion for Chinese to enjoy family reunions.
Like previous years, 12 airline companies, six from each side, will offer flights during the period. The airports involved include Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Taipei and Kaohsiung, according to the CAAC.
The flights will operate from Feb. 2 to Feb. 6 and from Feb. 11to Feb. 15, the circular said. It was earlier reported 93 flights would be arranged.
The first non-stop chartered flight across the Taiwan Straits was launched during the Chinese Lunar New Year in 2005. The following year, 72 round-trip flights were arranged during the holiday.
This year's Spring Festival, the first day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 7. It is the most important festive occasion for Chinese to enjoy family reunions.
Like previous years, 12 airline companies, six from each side, will offer flights during the period. The airports involved include Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Taipei and Kaohsiung, according to the CAAC.
(Contributed by Xinhua)