Radio Taiwan International
Date: 20 January, 2020
By: Leslie Liao

Taiwanese airlines carried more passengers than ever in 2019. That was the word from Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) head Lin Kuo-shian on Monday. Lin was speaking at an event to mark the 73rd anniversary of the CAA.

Lin said that domestic flights carried a total of 12.24 million travelers, while nearly 11 million journeys were completed on cross-strait flights. All other international destinations accounted for 48.83 million travelers, while 340,000 people transferred in Taiwan to other destinations.

In total, domestic airlines completed 580,000 individual flights, carrying 72.16 million passengers. Cargo flights transported about 2.31 million tons of cargo.      [FULL  STORY]