Mainland-bound direct flight departs from Taipei for Shanghai
2008-12-15 06:20:56 GMT2008-12-15 14:20:56 (Beijing Time)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ground servers wave to the day's first direct flight to Shanghai, mainland China as it leaves from Taipei's Sungshan Airport Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. A Taiwanese jetliner has departed for Shanghai to start a new era of direct air and shipping services with Chinese mainland, formally ending a nearly six-decade ban on regular links. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
A Trans Asia Airways jetliner, the day's first direct flight to Shanghai, mainland China is seen at Taipei's Sungshan Airport Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. A Taiwanese jetliner has departed for Shanghai to start a new era of direct air and shipping services with Chinese mainland, formally ending a nearly six-decade ban on regular links. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Passengers board the day's first direct flight to Shanghai, mainland China leaving from Taipei's Sungshan Airport Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. A Taiwanese jetliner has departed for Shanghai to start a new era of direct air and shipping services with Chinese mainland, formally ending a nearly six-decade ban on regular links.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Passengers board the day's first direct flight to Shanghai, mainland China leaving from Taipei's Sungshan Airport Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. A Taiwanese jetliner has departed for Shanghai to start a new era of direct air and shipping services with Chinese mainland, formally ending a nearly six-decade ban on regular links. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
A Taiwanese jetliner has departed for Shanghai to start a new era of direct air and shipping services with Chinese mainland, formally ending a nearly six-decade ban on regular links.
