Dalian-Taipei direct flights take off

2008-12-22 08:57:59 GMT2008-12-22 16:57:59 (Beijing Time) China Daily

First batch of Taiwan passengers received at Dalian Airport, December 20, 2008.

Passengers boarding for Taipei, December 20, 2008.

The first direct flight from Dalian in northeast China' s Liaoning province to Taipei took off on Saturday afternoon.

At 15:10, a Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-800 departed the Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport with a scheduled arrival time of 18:00 at Taipei.

An hour earlier, passengers from Taiwan got off the same plane at the Dalian Airport.

The Hainan Airlines flight will have scheduled departures from Dalian Airport every Saturday, while a Taiwan-based TransAsia Airways jetliner will leave from Taipei for Dalian every Sunday.

China Daily Dalian Bureau

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