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Flights to Taiwan are selling out quickly
(eastday.com)
Updated: 2005-01-25 09:58 An association of Taiwanese
businessmen living in the city is considering asking the government to allow
more planes to fly direct routes to Taiwan over the Spring Festival as tickets
on the scheduled flights are almost sold out.
"More than 90 percent of
the tickets were sold by Sunday according to the data from the ticket agents of
both China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines," Xie Lijun, secretary-general
of the Association of Shanghai Taiwan Businessmen Invested Enterprises, said
yesterday.
Xie said almost all of the tickets for 10 charter flights from
Shanghai to Taiwan would be nearly sold out Monday.
"But there are still
many Taiwan people who want to book seats," Xie added. "Just in our association,
about 100 to 200 Taiwanese are waiting for tickets."
Xie said the
association would make every effort to satisfy Taiwanese people who want to fly
home on the direct links.
The association is considering asking the Civil
Aviation Administration of China to increase the number of flights or asking
airlines to use larger aircraft so more tickets can be sold.
However, the
two local carriers offering direct flights say they can't offer any more
seats.
"The Boeing 767 jetliner (with a 260-seat capacity) we will use
for the flights is the largest aircraft in our fleet," said Wang Wanlong, an
official with Shanghai Airlines Co.
China eastern Airlines will also use
its biggest jet, an Airbus A340-600 with 322 seats, for the charter
flights.
Ten charter flights will travel from Shanghai to Taiwan, six
will fly out of Beijing, and eight more will take off from Guangzhou, Guangdong
Province.
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