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  • Direct Flights from China to Taiwan

    Thursday, Jul 3, 2008 12:17PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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    Go Ma Ying Jiu!

    TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan is preparing to welcome hundreds of Chinese tourists who will arrive with the launch of historic regular commercial flights between the two rivals.

    More than 600 Chinese are set to arrive at Taoyuan international airport in northern Taiwan and the Taipei domestic airport via five mainland carriers Friday when the air service opens for the first time since the two sides split amid civil war in 1949.

    Taiwan barred direct travel to and from the mainland for decades as a security measure, but it has allowed limited charter flights on Chinese holidays in recent years.

    The regular weekend flights are the result of negotiations initiated by Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou after he took office in May.

Entry comments (5)

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  • stephen
    stephen 
    posted on Saturday, Jul 5, 2008 3:25AM [Report]
    Crap... I just realized that I posted nearly an identical blog post... geez...
  • rottendoubt
    rottendoubt 
    posted on Saturday, Jul 5, 2008 1:08AM [Report]
    sweeet
  • stephen
    stephen 
    posted on Friday, Jul 4, 2008 12:43AM [Report]
    Fewer Taiwan friends forced to fly through HK... :-( it's going to get lonely....
  • Dreamy
    Dreamy 
    posted on Thursday, Jul 3, 2008 10:03PM [Report]
    I've been waiting for this to happen........ it's great.. altho i'm in NYC..... this mean, i don't have to fly through HK anymore.. yippie
  • lydiakuan
    Official artist Lydia Kuan 
    posted on Thursday, Jul 3, 2008 5:48PM [Report]
    yay!

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