Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/24
By: Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, Aug. 24 (CNA) Some Taiwanese airlines on Monday announced changes to their
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schedule for flights between Taiwan and Japan on Tuesday because of Typhoon Goni, which was pounding Okinawa on Monday afternoon before heading toward Kyushu.
China Airlines said flights CI116/117 between Taoyuan and Fukuoka — home to the biggest airport in Kyushu — and flight CI111 from Fukuoka to Taiwan, will be delayed to later in the day.
CI116 will leave at 4:50 p.m. from Taiwan, CI117 will leave at 9 p.m. from Japan, and CI111 will leave at 9:30 p.m. from Japan.
Typhoon Goni is expected to be over Kyushu on Tuesday morning and then head out to sea in the afternoon, according to Central Weather Bureau projections. [FULL STORY]
