Mid-Autumn cross-straits charter flight takes off |
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| The first Mid1-Autumn Festival charter flight across the Taiwan Straits arrives at Shanghai Pudong Airport on Friday, Sept. 29, 2006. |
| Sept. 29 - The first Mid-Autumn Festival charter flight across the Taiwan Strait took off from Taipei Friday morning for Shanghai.
The flight marks the extension of the cross-strait charter flight service, which used to be restricted to the Spring Festival, or traditional Chinese New Year.
The flight, BR 1712 from Taiwan-based Eva Airways2, had 308 passengers on board, Liu Yingjun, a public relations officer with the company told Xinhua.
Liu said the charter flight will return to Taipei on Friday afternoon. Seats on the flight were sold out.
The officer said Eva Airways has prepared mooncakes and other traditional Mid Autumn Festival refreshments3 for passengers.
Eva Airways has scheduled another round-trip charter flight between Taipei and Shanghai on Oct. 8, Liu said.
Following Eva Airways' lead, 11 other airlines from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan will organize charter flights for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mid-Autumn Festival is an important holiday for Chinese people and a time for family reunions.
Six airlines from each side will operate 24 round-trip flights between Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen and Taipei from September 29 to October 8, during China's week-long National Day vacation.
Following a decision made by non-governmental aviation industry associations across the strait in June, similar charter flights have been arranged for other traditional holidays including the Ching Ming Festival (or Tomb Sweeping4 Day) and the Dragon Boat Festival.
There were only 1,300 passengers on the first charter flights for the 2003 Spring Festival. But numbers then boomed. In 2005 there were 5,877 passengers on Spring Festival charter flights and in 2006 the number soared to 27,276.
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- Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
- He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
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- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
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- We have to make a small charge for refreshments. 我们得收取少量茶点费。
- Light refreshments will be served during the break. 中间休息时有点心供应。
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- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？
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