SHARED FLIGHTS: China Airlines is ending its Taipei-Paris code-sharing agreement with Air France by the end of next month, because the route is not profitable

Taipei Times
Date: Feb 23, 2019
By: Kao Shih-ching  /  Staff reporter

China Airlines Ltd (CAL, 中華航空) on Thursday said that its personnel costs would increase by an estimated NT$190 million per year after reaching an agreement on pilot bonuses.

Combined with an estimated cost increase of NT$114 million to dispatch more pilots, China Airlines said it expects its personnel costs to jump by NT$304 million annually.

In addition, the carrier is to spend NT$154 million to compensate passengers affected by the pilots’ strike earlier this month.

China Airlines would give passengers up to US$250 per person for food, accommodation and transportation, and would compensate travel agencies for inconvenience and losses due to the strike, spokesman Jason Liu (劉朝洋) told the Taipei Times by telephone.    [FULL  STORY]