Direct China-Taiwan flights start
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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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Budget airline Jetstar Asia on Monday announced cut-rate fares to its initial destinations of Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan and said it was seeking rights to fly to India and additional routes to China.
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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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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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Direct commercial flights between historic foes China and Taiwan resume after 55 years.
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Taiwan and China reached a landmark deal  on Saturday to allow non-stop charter flights over the Chinese  New Year holidays, a move which could ease tensions between the  bitter political rivals.
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China has proposed exchanging landmark  direct charter flights between four Chinese cities and Taiwan  during the Lunar New Year holidays in February in a move seen  to ease tensions between the arch-rivals.
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Taiwan's president inaugurated a runway Saturday on a disputed island in the South China Sea, sparking a protest from the Philippines which also claims sovereignty over the isle, officials said.
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Travel Weekly reports that American Airlines has confirmed it is to launch its first service between the US and Ireland since 1945.
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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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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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Flights launched in Arctic will be first to take people inside the northern lights
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Taiwan is ready to meet China&#39;s demands for resumption of cross-Strait charter flights, paving way for direct transport links disrupted by more than 50 years of dispute over sovereignty.
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China appealed to Taiwan on Wednesday to allow direct flights to the mainland for the Lunar New Year, pushing for expanded travel ties that the self-ruled island worries would jeopardize its security.
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China's top negotiator with Taiwan  aims to send senior envoys to attend his counterpart's funeral,  the state Xinhua news agency said Sunday, a day after the  rivals marked their first non-stop flights in more than 55  years.
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TAIPEI, Feb. 2 -- Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian inaugurated a runway on one of the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday and insisted the archipelago belongs to Taiwan despite claims by China and several other Asian countries.
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The first two direct flights from China to Taiwan since the end of a civil war 55 years ago landed in Taipei, carrying Taiwanese businesspeople home for the Lunar New Year holidays.