Direct China-Taiwan flights start
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The first direct flights between China and Taiwan in 55 years take off from Guangzhou and Taipei.
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The first direct commercial Chinese flight to Taiwan in 55 years lands in Taipei, as a Taiwanese plane heads for Beijing.
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AIR CHINA will become the first new Chinese company in four years to trade on the London Stock Exchange today, in what exchange officials hope will be the beginning of a wave of listings from Hong Kong.
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Taiwan and China agreed Saturday to temporarily lift Taiwan's five-decade ban on direct flights between the two rivals &#151; a deal that could reduce tension in one of Asia's most dangerous flash points.
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Kunpeng Airlines, a venture between China's Shenzhen Airlines Ltd and U.S.-based Mesa Air Group Inc  has begun operating in China's northwest Shaanxi Province, Xinhua said late on Saturday.
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United Airlines (UA) on Thursday launched the first daily flight service to Vietnam from the United States since 1975. The flight represents the first such service by an American air carrier since the end
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United Airlines Thursday launched the first scheduled flight of a US airline to Vietnam in almost 30 years. &quot;Today&#39;s launch of direct service to Vietnam marks an historic step in the relationship between the
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China is to launch its first private airline, named Okay Airways, state media reports.
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In Friday&#39;s national and international briefs, the first direct flight from the United States to Vietnam since 1975 is underway, Cpl.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan  - Jetliners from China landed in rival Taiwan for the first time in 56 years Saturday, raising hopes that the flights will cool tensions in one of the world's most dangerous potential flashpoints.
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By Jewel Gopwani, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 13--Shanghai would be less than 15 hours away nonstop if the U.S. Department of Transportation gives Northwest Airlines Inc. permission to start another route to China.
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China rejected an overture from Taiwan for talks on direct charter flights and stepped up accusations that President Chen Shui-bian is plotting to declare the island&#39;s independence.
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Taipei plans to have a citywide connection by 2005. Also: MIT creates a voice operated plane that takes audio commands & hellip;.  Basketball players use video games to hone their skills & hellip;. and more.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's leader used his National Day speech Sunday to urge China to begin peace talks so the two rivals can avoid war. Chinese and Taiwanese leaders haven't met since the Communists took over China in 1949 and Taiwan began resisting the mainland's rule...
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GLASGOW looks set to win Scotland's first direct flight to the Baltics. An airline has filed for the right to fly from the city to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, one of Europe's fastest-growing shortbreak ...
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China agreed on Monday to the first  direct charter flights to and from arch rival Taiwan during the  Lunar New Year holiday in February, the first such links in  more than 50 years, Taiwan opposition legislators said.
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Opposition lawmakers from Taiwan visiting Beijing gathered on Monday to discuss charter flights between China and Taiwan over the Lunar New Year holidays, possibly the first direct flights in more than 50 years.