Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/25
By: Charles Kang and Frances Huang
New Delhi, Aug. 25 (CNA) China Airlines (CAL, 華航), one of the leading international carriers in
Tien Chung-kwang (田中光, second right)
Taiwan, said that it will resume cargo services to India amid optimism toward the fast-growing South Asian economy.
Partnering with India-based Ascent Air, CAL is scheduled to relaunch the cargo service in the Indian market, starting from Aug. 28, after the Taiwanese carrier suspended its cargo flights to India four years ago.
In an initial phase, the two partners will operate one round-trip flight a week, carrying cargo from East Asia to India and then to Europe, and in turn, delivering cargo from Europe to India and then back to Taipei, CAL said.
Lin Hsiao-feng (林曉峰), a manager with CAL’s cargo operations division, who is currently in India to supervise the resumption of the cargo service, said that the first flight on Aug. 28 is full. [FULL STORY]
