Delta Air Lines' Taiwan branch office confirmed yesterday that its business arrangement with China Airlines (CAL) will be delayed due to the crash of a CAL passenger jet over the weekend.
Saying only that the arrangement with Taiwan's largest airline, which was to kick off Friday, will be temporarily delayed, Delta did not make it clear whether or not it will be canceled outright.
A Hong Kong-bound China Airlines flight carrying 206 passengers and 19 crew members Saturday afternoon disappeared from radar screens shortly after taking off from Taipei. The ill-fated aircraft was said to have broken apart at high altitude before plunging into the sea in pieces off the island of Penghu. No survivors have been found so far.
According to the original arrangement between CAL and Delta, passengers flying with CAL from Taipei to Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York would transfer to a Delta flight to one of six land-locked US cities, including Salt Lake City and Dallas, and then fly with Delta on their return trip from the US to Taiwan.
The Asian Wall Street Journal said yesterday that China Airlines has operated in near isolation over the last three years as a result of a spate of deadly crashes.
"China Airlines was set to mark its return to international acceptance with the new Delta partnership, an important step for the carrier's prestige and it's finances," the newspaper said.
An exhibition demonstrating the rejuvenation of the indigenous Kuskus Village in Pingtung County’s Mudan Township (牡丹) opened at the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency’s conservation station in Taipei on Thursday. Agency Director-General Lin Hwa-ching (林華慶) said they have been promoting the use and development of forestry resources to local indigenous residents for eight years to drive regional revitalization. While modern conservation approaches mostly stem from western scientific research, eco-friendly knowledge and skills passed down through generations of indigenous people, who have lived in Taiwan for centuries, could be more suitable for the environment, he said. The agency’s Pingtung branch Director-General Yang Jui-fen (楊瑞芬)
Restaurants in New Taipei City, Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County are to be included in the Michelin Guide’s review for the first time this year, alongside existing entries from Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, the France-based culinary publication said yesterday. This year’s edition of the Michelin Guide Taiwan is to be unveiled on Aug. 19 in Taipei. In addition to the coveted star ratings, Michelin Taiwan would announce its “Bib Gourmand” selections — a distinction awarded to establishments offering high-quality food at moderate prices — on Aug. 12. This year’s Bib Gourmand list would also feature restaurants in New Taipei City, Hsinchu
A firefighter yesterday died after falling into New Taipei City's Xindian River when a rescue dinghy capsized during a search mission for a man who was later found dead. The New Taipei City Fire Department said that it received a report at 4:12pm that a 50-year-old man, surnamed Chen (陳), had fallen into the river. A 32-year-old firefighter, surnamed Wu (吳), was among the rescuers deployed to look for Chen, the fire department said, adding that he and five other rescue personnel were in the dinghy when it capsized. Wu had no vital signs after being pulled from the water to the
Academics have expressed mixed views on President William Lai’s (賴清德) nomination of High Prosecutors’ Office Chief Prosecutor Tsai Chiu-ming (蔡秋明) as a Constitutional Court justice and the head of the nation’s top judicial body. While prosecutors have served as justices at the Constitutional Court over the years, including Judy Ju (朱富美), an incumbent, the appointment of a prosecutor as president of the Judicial Yuan, which presides over the Constitutional Court, would be unprecedented. Retired law professor Lin Teng-yao (林騰鷂) said that Tsai’s nomination was an “abuse” of power by Lai, and called on the legislature, in which the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)
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