Taipei Times
Date: Dec 25, 2019
By: Shelley Shan  /  Staff reporter

Air carriers in Taiwan and China are to offer additional flights for Taiwanese heading home for the Lunar New Year holiday next month, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said yesterday.

The additional flights are to be offered from Jan. 11 to Feb. 8, the agency said, adding that both sides have agreed on the program’s details.

As in the past, the two sides would only limit the number of additional flights departing from certain Chinese airports, the agency said, adding that it would not limit the total number of additional flights that carriers can offer.

The number of additional flights would be capped at 147 at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, nine at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, 23 at Shengzhen Baoan International Airport and 17 at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, the agency said, adding that no additional flight would be offered from Beijing, as no airline has filed a request to do so.    [FULL  STORY]