Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/21
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, June 21 (CNA) EVA Airways said Friday it will not take new flight bookings before June 29 to try to maintain proper transport capacity in the wake of a strike by its flight attendants that had affected nearly 24,000 passengers since it began the previous day.

As the strike continued, the company canceled 112 out of 177 EVA Air flights, or more than 60 percent of its flights, on Saturday, affecting 23,000 passengers, the airline said.

The flights canceled include 59 out of the airline's 89 flights departing from Taiwan Saturday – 46 from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, three from Taipei Songshan Airport, three from Taichung Shui-nan Airport and seven from Kaohsiung International Airport – affecting 13,200 passengers.

Another 53 out of 88 flights returning to Taiwan will be canceled — including 40 to Taoyuan, three to Taipei Songshan, three to Taichung, and seven to Kaohsiung — impacting 10,000 passengers, the carrier said.    [FULL  STORY]