Two more of the nation’s airlines have begun allowing passengers to board domestic flights with electronic boarding passes, the Civil Aeronautics Administration said yesterday, in line with a paperless boarding policy promoted by the agency.
Far Eastern Air Transport on Aug. 1 began allowing passengers to check in online through its app an hour before takeoff, the airline said, adding that they could also choose their seats and download an electronic boarding pass through the app.
Uni Air said that passengers could book tickets through its Web site and mobile app, as well as 7-Eleven’s ibon kiosks and FamilyMart’s FamilyPort machines.
Starting yesterday, passengers could check in, choose seats and download electronic boarding passes through the mobile app from the day before the flight to 40 minutes before departure, Uni Air said.
If they do not need to check in baggage, passengers only need to arrive at the boarding gate 30 minutes before their flight departs, it said.
Mandarin Airlines has allowed passengers to board domestic flights with electronic boarding passes since July 11, making it the first carrier in the nation to do so.
After passengers download an electronic boarding pass through the airline’s mobile app between one and 24 hours before departure, they only need to arrive at the boarding gate 25 minutes before takeoff if they do not need to check in baggage.
The paperless boarding policy has proven effective at reducing the amount of paper used for international flights, the agency said, adding that it on March 1 began allowing the use of scanners for electronic tickets.
The disruption of 941 flights in and out of Taiwan due to China’s large-scale military exercises was no accident, but rather the result of a “quasi-blockade” used to simulate creating the air and sea routes needed for an amphibious landing, a military expert said. The disruptions occurred on Tuesday and lasted about 10 hours as China conducted live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait. The Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said the exercises affected 857 international flights and 84 domestic flights, affecting more than 100,000 travelers. Su Tzu-yun (蘇紫雲), a research fellow at the government-sponsored Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said the air
Taiwan is to commence mass production of the Tien Kung (天弓, “Sky Bow”) III, IV and V missiles by the second quarter of this year if the legislature approves the government’s NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.78 billion) special defense budget, an official said yesterday. Commenting on condition of anonymity, a defense official with knowledge of the matter said that the advanced systems are expected to provide crucial capabilities against ballistic and cruise missiles for the proposed “T-Dome,” an advanced, multi-layered air defense network. The Tien Kung III is an air defense missile with a maximum interception altitude of 35km. The Tien Kung IV and V
Trips for more than 100,000 international and domestic air travelers could be disrupted as China launches a military exercise around Taiwan today, Taiwan’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said yesterday. The exercise could affect nearly 900 flights scheduled to enter the Taipei Flight Information Region (FIR) during the exercise window, it added. A notice issued by the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration showed there would be seven temporary zones around the Taiwan Strait which would be used for live-fire exercises, lasting from 8am to 6pm today. All aircraft are prohibited from entering during exercise, it says. Taipei FIR has 14 international air routes and
Taiwan lacks effective and cost-efficient armaments to intercept rockets, making the planned “T-Dome” interception system necessary, two experts said on Tuesday. The concerns were raised after China’s military fired two waves of rockets during live-fire drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, part of two-day exercises code-named “Justice Mission 2025.” The first wave involved 17 rockets launched at 9am from Pingtan in China’s Fujian Province, according to Lieutenant General Hsieh Jih-sheng (謝日升) of the Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Intelligence at the Ministry of National Defense. Those rockets landed 70 nautical miles (129.6km) northeast of Keelung without flying over Taiwan,
RSS