Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/20
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, June 20 (CNA) A total of 8,628 passengers were impacted by a flight attendants strike which started at 4 p.m. Thursday, following the collapse of management-labor talks earlier in the day and the cancellation of 22 EVA Airways flights, the carrier said.

Of the 36 scheduled EVA flights to depart and arrive Taiwan after 4 p.m., 22 flights will be canceled, while flights of its subsidiary, UNI Airways, will continue as normal, according to EVA Air.

There had been concerns that UNI Air, one of Taiwan's major domestic flight operators, would be caught up in the dispute as many EVA flight attendants also work on UNI Air flights.

Both airlines said they will prioritize UNI-operated local flights connecting Taiwan and its outlying islands, particularly flights from Taipei and Taichung to Matsu, as UNI Air is the sole operator on those routes.    [FULL  STORY]