Comments on: You Can Now Fly Between Mainland China and Taiwan

By: M.J

M.J — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:31:26 +0000

That was supposed to read “Saving the time normally spent connecting through Hong Kong is valuable”.

By: M.J

M.J — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:30:33 +0000

The people at my office that do bimonthly trips to China say this is huge. A lot of western firms have offices in Taiwan and factories/plants/other business on mainland China. Saving the time to connect through Hong Kong is valuable.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:28:43 +0000

I flew Dragonair between Taipei and Kaoshung several years ago, maybe 2000-2001. I was told that the airline bought several new 737′s for the expected approval of flights to the mainland. Immediately thereafter the purchase and delivery, the KMT party lost the national elections and the guys who wanted a separate Taiwan won, so the guys in Beijing pulled the plug on flights.
Dragonair then became a commuter airline between north and south Taiwan. You could fly all day on these flights for about $50 each way, and there was at least one pilot from the US working there, I was surprised to hear an accent from the SW US. I was told getting those jet hours to come home at some point…

By: CF

CF — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:04:16 +0000

We actually do have charter flights to Cuba already. When I went a couple years ago (legally), there were a ton of flights out of Miami, a couple out of New York, and a weekly flight out of LAX. I’m not sure what the breakdown is these days. Of course, scheduled flights will be nice.

By the way, of those other ones you mentioned, it wouldn’t surprise me if Skybus looked at CMH to Ann Arbor . . .

By: Court

Court — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:52:50 +0000

Does this mean we’re getting flights to Cuba soon? I’ve got a hankerin’ for some paella or fried plantains with red beans and rice.

Since old enemies seem to be burying the hatchet, I thought of a few flights that may also be added:

South Bend – LAX
Columbus – Ann Harbor
Gainesville – Tallahasee
North Korea – anywhere else in the world