Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Detroit Metropolitan Airport to become sister airports.
It is the 16th such agreement Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC) has signed, and the fourth in North America, it said in a statement.
The company was represented by vice president Lee Chun-te (李俊德), while the Wayne County Airport Authority, which operates the Detroit airport, was represented by chief executive officer Chad Newton.
Photo courtesy of Taoyuan International Airport Corp
The agreement took two years to prepare, the statement said.
To meet growing and diversified travel needs, Taoyuan has more than 180 weekly round-trip flights to both of North America’s coasts, Lee said.
Hopefully the agreement would create an opportunity to promote direct flights to Detroit, Michigan’s largest city and an industrial center, he said.
Newton thanked the TIAC representatives for traveling to Detroit for the signing.
The agreement is aimed at promoting exchanges in customer service, technology, safety and other areas, he said, adding that it could raise awareness about the Detroit airport.
Taoyuan airport is a major hub in East Asia, TIAC said.
The number of passengers transiting the airport has increased since 2019, rising from 5.32 million passengers, or 10.7 percent of all passengers, to 6.25 million, or 17.7 percent of all passengers, in 2023, and 6.74 million, or 15 percent of all passengers, last year.
Routes to North America and Southeast Asia accounted for 80 percent of all transit passengers, making those regions the airport’s primary markets, TIAC said.
The Detroit airport is a hub for Delta Airlines, offering direct connections to 125 destinations, it said.
It was ranked as one of the best airports in North America by the Airports Council International’s Airport Service Quality Awards, it said.
The Detroit airport, which has six runways and two terminals, served nearly 33 million passengers last year, it added.
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