Channel News Asia
Date: 19 Jan 2018
By: AFP/STR
TAIPEI: Taiwan has blocked nearly 200 flights by Chinese airlines over the strait that
Taiwan has blocked Chinese flights to protest new air routes announced by Beijing AFP/STR
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separates the two rivals due to the carriers’ use of controversial new travel routes introduced by China.
Taipei has repeatedly called for four new flight paths to be cancelled since China launched them earlier in January, but their complaints have fallen on deaf ears on the mainland.
Authorities on the island said they had not been consulted over the routes and described their introduction as “reckless”, endangering flight safety, and politically motivated.
China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Air have since requested to operate 176 additional flights between Taiwan and China during the Chinese New Year period in mid-February.
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