Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/30
By: Yang Sheng-ju, Chen Chia-lun and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Jan. 30 (CNA) Two Chinese airlines have been “forced to cancel” plans to

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operate extra cross-Taiwan Strait flights during the Lunar New Year holiday that were still pending approval from Taiwan to avoid inconveniencing travelers, the airlines said Tuesday.

Both China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Air released statements saying they had to cancel their extra flights because they could not afford to keep waiting for Taiwan’s response on those flights out of consideration for their customers.

Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) announced on Jan. 19 that it was withholding approval for the two airlines’ applications to operate extra flights across the Taiwan Strait over the Lunar New Year period because of safety concerns.
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