Taiwan increases PRC charter flights

Taiwan Solidarity Union caucus whip Ho Min-hao (何敏豪) said that the policy "seemed like an acceptable plan" as it didn't define the cross-strait routes as domestic routes and preserved the government's role in managing the routes.

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator John Chiang (蔣孝嚴) said he didn't understand why the government hadn't done as much as it had promised to do in the past to open up cross-strait transportation links.

"Passenger charter services should also be conducted during regular weekends and then gradually developed into a regular practice, rather than just for the four holidays," Chiang said.

"As for cargo charter flights, they shouldn't only be open to taishang [Taiwanese businesspeople]," but also foreign businesspeople, he said.

People First Party legislative caucus whip Lee Hung-chun (李鴻鈞) said that a charter flight service without weekend flights is meaningless.

Additional reporting by Shih Hsiu-chuan