"Seven Little Arches Hotel Reservation" Chairman of China Southern Airlines personally flew the first weekend charter flight to Taiwan on July 4

On June 23, as cross-strait weekend charter flights were about to open, Dubai Travel Guide, China Southern Airlines, the largest airline in mainland China, and China Airlines, the largest airline in Taiwan Province, signed a strategic cooperation memorandum in Guangzhou. Announced to provide more convenient and better weekend charter services to compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The picture shows China Southern Airlines Chairman (second from left) and China Airlines Chairman Zhao (third from left) signing a memorandum and giving souvenirs to each other. Photo by Ke Xiaojun from China News Service

On June 23, as cross-strait weekend charter flights were about to open, China Southern Airlines, the largest airline in mainland China, and China Airlines, the largest airline in Taiwan Province, signed a contract in Guangzhou The Memorandum of Strategic Cooperation announced that it will provide more convenient and better weekend charter services to compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The picture shows flight attendants from two airlines working together to express their will to provide better services to compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Photo by Ke Xiaojun from China News Service

Guangzhou, June 23 (reporter Guo Jun): Cross-strait weekend charter flights will start on July 4. It is understood that cross-strait weekend charter flights still need to bypass the Hong Kong Flight (Aviation) Information Region and are not direct flights in the true sense. Liu Shaoyong, chairman of China Southern Airlines, said here today that he hopes weekend charter flights can be normalized and daily charter flights can be realized so that direct cross-strait flights can be realized in the future.

On July 4, Liu Shaoyong will personally drive the first weekend charter flight to Taiwan. China Southern Airlines is expected to become the first mainland airline to fly a weekend charter flight to Taiwan Province.

"I will fly from the mainland to Taipei for the first time. I am very happy and excited." Liu Shaoyong put forward four expectations for the future development of cross-strait charter flights: First, I hope that cross-strait charter flights will not detour in the future Hong Kong flight information region, truly realize direct flights instead of direct flights; second, hope to increase the number of flights on the basis of weekend charter flights, and eventually achieve one flight per day; third, hope to increase the destinations of cross-strait charter flights; fourth, hope that Taiwan The authorities support airlines and companies on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in setting up offices in Taiwan.

According to calculations, the direct flight from Shanghai to Taipei is 393 nautical miles and takes 1.09 minutes. If you fly from Shanghai to Taipei via the Hong Kong Flight Information Region, the flight route is 1,084 nautical miles and the flight time is 2 hours and 42 minutes. About an hour and a half wasted. At the same time, airline costs will increase by 30% to 50%.

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