Air travel to Taiwan continues to take off

More flights to, from mainland reflect better ties

Businessman Josh Lin has always found it difficult to buy a ticket to fly from Shanghai to his hometown in Taiwan during the Spring Festival holiday.

Lin, 38, who works in finance in Shanghai, says he always tries to buy an air ticket as early as September, more than four months ahead of the Spring Festival - which starts this year on Jan 31, the New Year's Day of China's lunar calendar.