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 Coast Guard Administration (CGA) yesterday said it had deployed patrol vessels to expel a China Coast Guard ship and a Chinese fishing boat near Pratas Island (Dongsha Island, 東沙群島) in the South China Sea. The China Coast Guard vessel was 28 nautical miles (52km) northeast of Pratas at 6:15am on Thursday, approaching the island’s restricted waters, which extend 24 nautical miles from its shoreline, the CGA’s Dongsha-Nansha Branch said in a statement. The Tainan, a 2,000-tonne cutter, was deployed by the CGA to shadow the Chinese ship, which left the area at 2:39pm on Friday, the statement said. At 6:31pm on Friday,
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, would pose a steep challenge to Taiwan’s ability to defend itself against a full-scale invasion, a defense expert said yesterday. Institute of National Defense and Security Research analyst Chieh Chung (揭仲) made the comment hours after the PLAN confirmed the carrier recently passed through the Taiwan Strait to conduct “scientific research tests and training missions” in the South China Sea. China has two carriers in operation — the Liaoning and the Shandong — with the Fujian undergoing sea trials. Although the PLAN needs time to train the Fujian’s air wing and
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) put Taiwan in danger, Ma Ying-jeou Foundation director Hsiao Hsu-tsen (蕭旭岑) said yesterday, hours after the de facto US embassy said that Beijing had misinterpreted World War II-era documents to isolate Taiwan. The AIT’s comments harmed the Republic of China’s (ROC) national interests and contradicted a part of the “six assurances” stipulating that the US would not change its official position on Taiwan’s sovereignty, Hsiao said. The “six assurances,” which were given by then-US president Ronald Reagan to Taiwan in 1982, say that Washington would not set a date for ending arm sales to Taiwan, consult
A Taiwanese academic yesterday said that Chinese Ambassador to Denmark Wang Xuefeng (王雪峰) disrespected Denmark and Japan when he earlier this year allegedly asked Japan’s embassy to make Taiwan’s representatives leave an event in Copenhagen. The Danish-language Berlingske on Sunday reported the incident in an article with the headline “The emperor’s birthday ended in drama in Copenhagen: More conflict may be on the way between Denmark and China.” It said that on Feb. 26, the Japanese embassy in Denmark held an event for Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s birthday, with about 200 guests in attendance, including representatives from Taiwan. After addressing the Japanese hosts, Wang
RSS