‘SAFETY FIRST’: It is the shared responsibility of the governments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to ensure the safe return of Taiwanese businesspeople, the MAC said
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 21, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
China-based Taiwanese businesspeople “understood” the rationale behind possible
A China Eastern Airlines plane takes off at Shanghai’s Hongqiao airport on Aug. 28, 2014. Photo: AFP
cancelations of additional flights during the Lunar New Year holiday in response to Beijing’s unilateral activation of four aviation routes over the Taiwan Strait, the semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) said yesterday.
The foundation said in a statement that it on Thursday contacted associations of China-based Taiwanese businesspeople in eight points of departure, including Shanghai, Nanjing and Fuzhou, who could be affected by the policy to gauge their needs and possible concerns.
The foundation told the associations’ leaders that the approval of additional flights has been stalled due to concerns over aviation safety caused by Beijing on Jan. 4 disregarding a 2015 cross-strait agreement and activating the northbound M503 route and extending routes W121, W122 and W123. [FULL STORY]
