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Airlines to make direct cross-straits chartered flights

www.chinanews.cn 2005-12-10 15:36:54

(Source: Xinhua)

Air China's stewardesses were preparing the cabin performance for
business men from Taiwan aboard cross-straits charted flights operated
during the last Chinese New Year. (Photo: Xinhua)

Dec.10 - Six Taiwan-based airline companies on Friday announced their
plans for direct chartered flights across the Taiwan Straits during the
Spring Festival, Chinese Lunar New Year, according to local media in the
island province.
The first flight by China Airlines, between Taipei and Shanghai, is
scheduled to take off at Taipei's airport at 7:45 am on Jan. 20, 2006,
and return from Shanghai airport at 12:10 the same day.
Meanwhile, six mainland airlines will join in the chartered flights
across the Straits from next year's Jan. 20 to Feb. 13.
In related developments, the mainland's flag-carrier Air China has
published its Spring Festival package on chartered flights across the
Straits. The airlines plans to make 12 two-way flights on Beijing-Taipei
and Beijing-Kaohsiung routes from January 25 to Feb. 5.
Air China's prices are 4,960 yuan (about 620 US dollars) for one-way
business-class and 7,600 yuan (about 950 dollars) for return
business-class, while the one-way and two-way tickets for tourist class
are sold at 3,100 yuan (about 385 dollars) and 4,800 yuan (about 600
dollars).

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