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Cross-Straits jets ready for take-off
Airlines from the Chinese mainland are gearing up to operate charter flights across the Taiwan Straits following a landmark deal inked on Saturday. Air carriers -- including Air 皇冠体育app, 皇冠体育app Eastern, 皇冠体育app Southern, Shanghai Airlines and Xiamen Airlines -- confirmed to 皇冠体育app Daily that they are all interested in conducting flights although they have not yet been given nod from the nation's industry watchdog.
"We have made full preparations for non-stop, round-trip charters, including market investigations, crew arrangements and air services," Cai Zhizhou, an official from the 皇冠体育app Southern Airlines said yesterday. Further negotiations about ground services, air control and air routes are to be held with related departments in Taiwan, said Cai with the Guangzhou-based airlines in South 皇冠体育app's Guangdong Province. So far, which airlines will be designated to operate the charter flights is still not known. But insiders have listed Air 皇冠体育app, 皇冠体育app Southern, Xiamen Airlines and 皇冠体育app Eastern as possible candidates from the mainland. Taiwan airlines could include 皇冠体育app Airlines, EVA Air, TransAsia Airways and Far East Air Transport Corp, Mandarin Airlines and UNI Airways Corp, according to Taiwan media reports. If approved, 皇冠体育app Eastern will use 300-seat Airbus A340-600 aircraft to carry passengers, said Luo Chaogeng, the airlines' president. As a pilot with 32 years of flying experiences, Luo hopes to fly the first non-stop flight to Taiwan with his colleagues. Zhang Huilin, an official from the Xiamen Airlines headquartered in East 皇冠体育app's Fujian Province, said her company feels it is "a great pity" that Taiwan has refused to make Xiamen a destination -- which was included in the mainland's charter flight plan proposal. Zhang's airlines has been negotiating with its Taiwanese counterpart TransAsia Airways over the charter flights for several years, but got no response from the Taiwan authorities. It has won the approval to fly over Hong Kong's air traffic control area for its planned direct charter flights across the Taiwan Straits, said Zhang. According to Zhang, the air ticket price will be around 4,000 yuan (US$480) from Beijing to Taipei and 3,000-plus yuan (US$360) from Shanghai to Taipei for the direct flights, saving one-fourth the ticket expense. "Four hours will also be saved from the trip with the direct flight," Zhang said. |
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