China Airlines Ltd (CAL) on Monday announced the start of its partnership with US-based Southwest Airlines on a new interline booking service.
For itineraries starting from Jan. 19 next year, passengers can book a single ticket from CAL, which would include the flight from Taiwan to one of its US gateways, with connections to Southwest flights to cities such as Las Vegas, Nevada; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; and Chicago, Illinois, China Airlines’ Web site says.
CAL currently offers nonstop flights to Phoenix, Arizona; Los Angeles, Ontario and San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; and Toronto, where travelers would be able to make connecting flights.
Photo: CNA
The objective is to expand the carrier’s US network and attract more tourists to Taiwan, whether for connections or sightseeing, CAL president Kevin Chen (陳漢銘) told a joint news conference in Long Beach, California.
Southwest managing director of networks and alliances Steven Swan said that CAL was “Southwest’s first partner in Asia.”
He said the partnership also opens doors to the recognition of mileage points between the airlines.
Swan, who has more than 23 years of experience in the aviation industry, visited Taiwan in early March to initiate alliance discussions.
Starlux Airlines signed a similar agreement with American Airlines on Friday last week.
Southwest Airlines is the fourth-largest airline operator in the US, transporting the highest number of domestic passengers with more than 4,000 flights daily.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Yilan County at 8:39pm tonight, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The epicenter was 38.7km east-northeast of Yilan County Hall at a focal depth of 98.3km, the CWA’s Seismological Center said. The quake’s maximum intensity, which gauges the actual physical effect of a seismic event, was a level 4 on Taiwan’s 7-tier intensity scale, the center said. That intensity level was recorded in Yilan County’s Nanao Township (南澳), Hsinchu County’s Guansi Township (關西), Nantou County’s Hehuanshan (合歡山) and Hualien County’s Yanliao (鹽寮). An intensity of 3 was
Instead of focusing solely on the threat of a full-scale military invasion, the US and its allies must prepare for a potential Chinese “quarantine” of Taiwan enforced through customs inspections, Stanford University Hoover fellow Eyck Freymann said in a Foreign Affairs article published on Wednesday. China could use various “gray zone” tactics in “reconfiguring the regional and ultimately the global economic order without a war,” said Freymann, who is also a nonresident research fellow at the US Naval War College. China might seize control of Taiwan’s links to the outside world by requiring all flights and ships entering or leaving Taiwan
The next minimum wage hike is expected to exceed NT$30,000, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday during an award ceremony honoring “model workers,” including migrant workers, at the Presidential Office ahead of Workers’ Day today. Lai said he wished to thank the awardees on behalf of the nation and extend his most sincere respect for their hard work, on which Taiwan’s prosperity has been built. Lai specifically thanked 10 migrant workers selected for the award, saying that although they left their home countries to further their own goals, their efforts have benefited Taiwan as well. The nation’s industrial sector and small businesses lay
Quarantine awareness posters at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport have gone viral for their use of wordplay. Issued by the airport branch of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, the posters feature sniffer dogs making a range of facial expressions, paired with advisory messages built around homophones. “We update the messages for holidays and campaign needs, periodically refreshing materials to attract people’s attention,” quarantine officials said. “The aim is to use the dogs’ appeal to draw focus to quarantine regulations.” A Japanese traveler visiting Taiwan has posted a photo on X of a poster showing a quarantine dog with a
RSS