Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/05/06
By: Wang Shu-fen and Lee Hsin-Yin

Image taken from S7 Airlines’ Facebook page

Taipei, May 6 (CNA) Russian airlines S7 Airlines and Royal Flight will launch regular flights to Taiwan May 24 and 25, respectively, following a Taiwanese tourism campaign started last year to attract tourists from the country, the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) announced Monday.

S7 Airlines will operate one round-trip flight every Friday between Vladivostok and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport using A320 aircraft, while Royal Flight will fly every Saturday between Moscow and Taoyuan, a route it previously used for charter flights between 2016 and 2017 using Boeing 767-300 jets.

The Vladivostok-Taoyuan flight takes roughly four hours, and the Moscow-Taoyuan flight takes 10.5 hours, according to the CAA.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced last September that Russian nationals will be given visa-free entry for visits of up to 14 days in Taiwan, with immediate effect through July 31, 2019 on a trial basis as part of government efforts to build closer links with other countries.    [FULL  STORY]