United Airlines today launched its new Taipei (Taoyuan)-Guam route, offering twice-weekly flights, while Tigerair Taiwan inaugurated its Taipei (Taoyuan)-Oita service also flying twice a week.
United Airlines operates the new route using a Boeing 737-800 with 166 seats.
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Departures from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport are scheduled for 10:30am on Wednesdays and 11am on Saturdays, while return flights from Guam leave at 7am on both days.
To mark the inaugural flight, representatives from the Guam Visitors Bureau and United Airlines visited Taiwan today.
At the Taoyuan airport, they emphasized their joint efforts to promote Guam as a travel destination.
Kenichi Kiriyama, United Airlines' director of sales for Japan, Micronesia, the Philippines and Taiwan, highlighted the airline's long-standing presence in Taiwan since 1986.
Since 2014, the US carrier has transported 2 million passengers between Taoyuan and San Francisco, he said, adding that in addition to the Taipei-Guam route, the airline plans to launch flights from Kaohsiung to Tokyo on July 12.
Meanwhile, Tigerair Taiwan's new Taipei-Oita route makes Oita its 21st destination in Japan and its fourth direct flight to Kyushu, following Fukuoka, Saga and Miyazaki.
The Taipei-Oita service operates twice weekly, with outbound flights departing at 12pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and return flights from Oita leaving at 4:30pm the same days, the low-cost airline said.
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