MANDARIN AIRLINES TO TAKE OVER 24 FLIGHTS A WEEK TO HUALIEN|華信包機模式飛花蓮 票價比照興航

It was rumored that Premier Lin Chuan is annoyed at the fact that Minister of Transportation and Communications Ho Chen Tan had no clue what was going on at TransAsia Airways and thus Ho Chen asked to resign. However, on Nov. 26, in response to media questions, Lin said that Ho Chen had done very well and there was no reason for him to resign. Mandarin Airlines will start to take over 24 TransAsia Airways flights to Hualien each week from cities around the island, starting next month. Bookings for those flight already opened on Nov. 26. Premier Lin Chuan denied any dissatisfaction with Minister of Transport and Communications Ho Chen Tan over the TransAsia Airways' surprise closure and expressed support. ==LIN CHUAN Premier== No, he does very well, why would he resign? Mandarin Airlines was asked by Premier Lin to plug the gap left by the closure of TransAsia Airlines. On Nov. 26, Mandarin Airlines announced that from Dec. 1, until Feb 15, it would run a total of 24 charter flights each morning and evening daily from Taipei to Hualien, from Taichung to Hualien on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sunday and from Kaohsiung to Hualien every day. ==LIN CHUAN Premier== The goal is to solve the problem of having a break in air transport, the secondary goal is that air traffic will be heavier over the lunar new year so we need to plan in advance. Lin emphasized that before TransAsia officially gave up its flight rights, Mandarin Airlines was willing to assist until Feb. Once the rights were officially rescinded, they could be reassigned. The current emergency measure was to solve the break in services. Mandarin Airlines said that bookings for Hualien opened on Nov. 26 and prices would be the same as previously. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 興航空，無預警宣布停航解散。外傳行政院長林全，不滿交通部，沒有及時掌握訊息，部長賀陳旦也口頭請辭。但昨天林全被問到這個問題時表示，賀陳旦做得很好，為什麼要請辭？充分展現力挺態度。而在復興航空，停飛之後，負責接手、國內線的，華信航空表示，下個月開始，華信每週，會有24班、飛花蓮的航班，從昨天起開放訂票。 外傳交通部長賀陳旦、為了復興航空無預警停航事件、萌生辭意，上午行政院長林全參加雲林科技大學26週年校慶演講時，面對媒體追問，展現力挺態度。 ==行政院長 林全== 沒有 他做得很好 為什麼要請辭 由於復興航空日前宣布停飛解散，行政院和交通部要求華航集團提供支援，華信航空今天表示，為協助花蓮居民對外空中交通，從12月1號起、到明年2月15號為止，將以包機模式，台北-花蓮早晚各一班機，台中-花蓮每週二、五、日各一班，高雄-花蓮每天一班，也就是華信在花蓮、每週共有24班次。 ==行政院長 林全== 目的就是要解決 一個運輸不中斷的問題 第二個就是 農曆春節時的運量 大幅的增加 必須要事先做好規劃 主要是為了解決這兩個問題 林全強調，在復興航空航權還沒有收回之前，華航願意協助到明年二月上旬，一旦航權收回，就可以重新再分配，現在當務之急、是要解決運輸不中斷的問題，而華信也表示，花蓮航班從即日起開放訂票，票價則是比照原本復興航空票價。 記者 綜合報導