Daily flights set for Dec 15, reports say

The first daily direct charter flights across the Taiwan Straits are set to start on Dec 15, Taiwan media reported yesterday.

Ticket prices are likely to be more expensive than the current indirect route, and travel time longer than first anticipated.

The United Daily News reported that China Airlines, Taiwan's leading carrier, had set its flight schedule, and on Tuesday began to take bookings for flights operating between Dec 15 and the end of the year. The report quoted China Airlines as saying its route from Taoyuan International Airport to Shanghai will take 105 minutes, instead of 82 minutes as earlier anticipated.