Prices announced for Cross-Strait Flights
Xinhua reports on the announcement of prices by China Eastern:
China Eastern Airlines announced on Friday flight fares for weekend charter flights from Shanghai to Taipei and immediately started selling tickets.
The carrier is charging 3,700 yuan (US$ 528.6) for a round trip of economy-class flight, while business class costs 5,500 yuan, both including taxes.
Group tickets, for at least 10 passengers, costs 2,600 yuan each, the company said in a statement.
Between July 4 and 31, a passenger aircraft will leave Nanjing city in east China at 9 a.m. every Friday and arrive at Taipei at noon. The returning flight will start at 1 p.m. and arrive and Nanjing at 4 p.m. the same day.
According to the report, there will be 36 flights each weekend, Friday to Monday. Previous negotiations give 18 to China and 18 to Taiwan, as I recall. Airlines involved on the China side include Air China, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines and Xiamen Airlines.
[Taiwan]
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