Direct cargo flights to open between Taiwan, Jiangxi

East China’s Jiangxi Province will have direct cargo flights to Taiwan as of March 8, cutting transportation time from three days to 100 minutes, said local authorities Wednesday.
The weekly flight would link Changbei International Airport, Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi, with Taoyuan International Airport of Taipei, according to a statement by Changbei International Airport.
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Direct Taiyuan-Taipei charter flight kicks off

The Spring Festival direct charter service between Taiyuan of Shanxi province and Taipei started Wednesday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Flight MU 5011 of China Eastern Airlines, a Boeing 737 aircraft with 130 passengers on board, took off Wednesday morning from Wusu Airport of Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province and landed in Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport.
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Nanchang to get seven extra cross-Strait flights

Nanchang, capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province, will have seven extra direct return charter flights to Taiwan over the Chinese Lunar New Year travel peak.
China Eastern Airline’s Jiangxi branch issued a statement Thursday, saying it would operate all seven flights, which will all return the same day.
The charter flights will operate every Monday and Saturday [...]

Airlines urged to open flights to Tibet region

China’s civil aviation administration is encouraging domestic and foreign airlines to open flights linking Tibet to help boost the autonomous region’s economy and tourism.
In a circular released yesterday, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said 18 measures would be adopted to enhance civil aviation infrastructure and services in Tibet.
Domestic and foreign airlines are encouraged [...]

China airports may get full-body scanners

China has not ruled out the possibility of installing body scanners at major airports, a top civil aviation official said.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is still considering the pros and cons of the body scanner, since it involves passengers’ privacy, Li Jiaxiang, head of CAAC, has revealed.
“It is our concern that while we [...]

Fast train drowning flight price

Airlines slashed their airfare from Wuhan to Guangzhou to as low as 260 yuan ($38) to rival against the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed train, chaoyang.nen.com.cn reported Thursday.
The test run on Dec. 9 of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed train went smoothly. It took less than three hours to travel from Guangzhou to Wuhan on the high-speed train, which reaches [...]

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