Domestic flight passengers at Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) must now board from its second terminal, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday.
The second terminal was closed in October for renovation, with international and domestic passengers sharing the first terminal.
According to the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA), the second terminal will serve only domestic flights. It is now equipped with two new jet bridges, two baggage carousels and departure lounges. Three airlines offering domestic flights — Uni Air, TransAsia Airways and Mandarin Airlines — have check-in counters inside the terminal.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
Nationwide chains Mr Brown Coffee and Family Mart have also opened stores at the renovated terminal.
The first terminal will serve passengers taking international flights, including cross-strait flights, the CAA said.
Premier Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) said at the inauguration ceremony that the reconstruction work at the airport had been especially challenging because it was undertaken while the airport remained operational. He described the situation as being tantamount to “someone needing to wear a suit, but have it mended at the same time.”
“The mended suit turned out to fit perfectly,” Wu said, adding that the improved facilities and services now offered at the airport could help expand the tourism market as well as passenger flights.
Two-thirds of the reconstruction work at the airport has been completed, MOTC Minister Mao Chi-kuo (毛治國) said.
According to Mao, direct flights between Tokyo Haneda Airport and Songshan airport account for 45 percent of Haneda’s total flights to Taiwan. The flights between Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and Songshan airport also account for 35 percent of Hongqiao’s total flights to Taiwan, he said.
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