Guangzhou and Hangzhou, mainland China, have resumed round -trip direct routes with Taipei.
According to the China News Agency, at 11:40 am on Saturday (April 1), China Southern Airlines (referred to as "China Southern Airlines") flight CZ3097 was equipped with more than 150 passengers from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to take off and go to the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, the return flight CZ3098 arrived in Guangzhou at 16:54 on the same day, and China Southern Airlines Guangzhou to Taipei traveled to and from Taipei.
It is understood that nearly nine of the first passengers on the flight are Taiwanese passengers, mostly business people in the Guangdong and Taiwan companies.
According to Wang Yan, deputy general manager of the Southern Airlines Guangzhou Sales Department, starting from April 1, China Southern Airlines resumed Guangzhou to Taipei routes, and one -day round trip, using Airbus 330 wide -body aircraft to perform flights.It is reported that follow -up China Airlines will continue to increase the launch of Taiwan's routes in accordance with the policy and market, operation, and guarantee of cross -strait sides of the Taiwan Strait, and successively restore routes from Zhengzhou to Taipei and Wuhan to Kaohsiung.
On the same day, the passenger route of the Taoyuan Airport, Hangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, also officially resumed operations, marking the formal resumption of direct flights between the two places.The first Xiamen Airlines MF8689 flight to Taipei Taoyuan Airport took off from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport at 8:40, carrying 98 passengers.
At present, some cross -strait direct flights and "small three links" have gradually recovered, facilitating people on both sides of the strait directly.Mainland Civil Aviation Authority has approved cross -strait airlines Xiaqiuhang Season flight plan. Cross -strait airlines arranged 794 passenger flights per week between cross -strait routes, an increase of 26.63%year -on -year.