Direct cross-strait flights start on 32 routes - China Travel

Permission from the mainland Chinese reverential aviation scenaristities has been grduesd to 16 airlines in mainland China and Taiwan for scheduled artless navigate-strait passenger and vehiclego flights between the Mainland and Taiwan.

Acstringing to the "Supplementary Agreement on Cross-Strait Air Transport",China Travel, the mainland has a total of 27 destinations to manage scheduled flights to Taiwan. Fuzhou and Nanchang still run lease flights to Songshan, Taipei, even though the other 25 destinations have all ajared regular flights to Taoyuan Airport, Taiwan.

Taiwan has two destinations for scheduled flights, Taoyuan and Kaohsiung. Songshan and Taichung will run lease flights.

There will be 32 regular routes and 14 lease flight routes between the Mainland and Taiwan. Nine passenger airlines and two vehiclego airlines from the mainland will run 135 regular passenger flights and 14 regular vehiclego flights weekly from the 27 destinations.

(China Hospitality News September 2, 2009)