Airline provides cheaper flights to Taiwan
By Chen Hong in Shenzhen and He Na in Yanbian (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-09-20 14:42 Shenzhen Airlines, the mainland's largest private
carrier, announced yesterday that it would co-operate with Air Macao to provide
an easier and cheaper service for travellers between Taiwan and the mainland.
Starting yesterday, travellers in 13 mainland cities can take Shenzhen
Airlines to Shenzhen, then take an Air Macao flight from there to Macao. From
Macao, they can take another flight to Taiwan and return to the mainland the
same way.
"Travellers can check in just once and need not worry about their luggage.
The price is attractive also; a ticket may be 30 to 50 per cent lower than for a
journey from a mainland city to Taiwan with one stop in Hong Kong or Macao,"
said Li Kun, the general manager of Shenzhen Airlines.
Previously, travellers on the mainland must fly to Hong Kong or Macao first,
then take another flight to Taiwan. This means they have to check in twice, with
their luggage transferred twice.
The 13 mainland cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Wuxi, Nanning, Hangzhou,
Zhengzhou, Guiyang, Chongqing, Shenyang, Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi'an and Kunming.
The plan is expected to eventually benefit other mainland destinations
connecting with Shenzhen, Li said.
Injured tourists back in Taiwan
Meanwhile, also yesterday, a Taiwan chartered plane carried 14 Taiwanese
tourists injured in a bus accident in Northeast China's Jilin Province back to
Taiwan.
It was the second cross-Straits direct charter flight between the mainland
and Taiwan for emergency medical treatment.
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