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Direct flight between Taiwan and the mainland
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-01-20 11:33
A China Airlines plane from Taiwan lands at
Shanghai Pudong International Airport January 20, 2006, bringing the first
group of Spring Festival travellers to the mainland and lifting the
curtain of the chartered flights between Taiwan and the mainland. The
plane departed from Taipei at about 8:00am and landed at Shanghai
Pudong International Airport at 10:34am. Seventy-two flights, operated by
airlines both from Taiwan and the mainland, are arranged this year for
Taiwan compatriots. The plane returns to Taipei in the afternoon, bringing
Taiwanese home for the biggest holiday in the Chinese-speaking world.
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