Hohhot-Taizhong flight to start in May
By Liu Yufen (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2014-05-04
A direct flight between Taizhong in Taiwan and Hohhot, capital of North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, will be opened by Far Eastern Air Transport, a Taiwan-based airline company.
“Taiwan tourists are very interested in the beautiful scenery of Inner Mongolia,” said Lee Cheng-chung, the airline’s president, on April 28 during a press conference held for the new air route.
Lee said the non-stop flight between the two cities will be a great help for cross-Straits exchange, travel and commercial trade.
The Hohhot-Taizhong flight will be scheduled every Tuesday and Wednesday from May 28. The flight will take around 3.5 hours.
Far Eastern Air Transport is the first airline to supply cross-Straits charter flights. Its charter flight from Taiwan to Shanghai on Jan 27, 2003, was recognized as a milestone for cross-Straits exchange.
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A bullet train departed Hohhot East Railway Station for Ulanqab marking the start of high-speed rail services using Inner Mongolia’s first newly-laid high-speed railway on Aug 3.
