Cross-Straits flights to be regularized.Byline: ANI Nanjing (China), Apr.27 (ANI): The Chinese mainland and Taiwan decided on Sunday to double flights between them and change chartered flights to regular ones for the first time, as their ties are now in "a new era of peaceful development". Total flights between the mainland and Taiwan will grow from 108 chartered per week to 270, including regular ones, according to an agreement signed between Chen Yunlin, the president of the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) (Simplified Chinese: 海峡两岸关系协会; Traditional Chinese: (ARATS ARATS Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits ), and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) (Traditional Chinese: 海峽交流基金會; Simplified Chinese: (SEF). Xinhua News Agency “Xinhua” redirects here. For other uses, see Xinhua (disambiguation). The Xinhua News Agency (Simplified Chinese: 新华社; Traditional Chinese: said the new agreement was "another huge step forward in cross-Straits relations". They also agreed to add the mainland cities of Hefei, Harbin, Nanchang, Guiyang, Ningbo and Jinan as regular direct passenger flight terminals. Though they didn't specify when those new flights would begin operation, Chiang said "both sides' aviation administrations have agreed to finalize the details for regular flights shortly". (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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