CAL TAKES OVER TAIPEI-HUALIEN ROUTE FROM TRANSASIA|復興航權被收回 華航接手台北-花蓮航線

The Ministry Of Transportation and Communications has officially taken back TransAsia Airways' aviation rights. After the company's dissolution, the monopolized Taipei-Hualien route will be taken over by China Airlines, and the first flight took place on Dec 1. Compared to TransAsia's propeller airliners, Mandarin Airlines's commercial jets are bigger and the flight time is 10 minutes shorter. Mandarin Airlines's first flight from Taipei to Hualien took off on the morning of Dec 1 after the company took over the route from TransAsia Airways. Mandarin Airlines's commercial jets can seat 104 passengers and take only 40 minutes to complete the flight, which is 10 minutes less than TransAsia airliners. Customers are mostly satisfied with the service. ==MICHAEL WU, tour operator== Mandarin Airlines is more reliable. That's how I felt. ==WU CHING-RONG, Tourism Development Assoc. Director== We took the Mandarin Airlines just to try out the flight. Mandarin Airline's first flight from Taipei to Hualien left at 9:10 with a passenger load factor of 71%. China Airlines Chairman Ho Nuan-Hsuan was also onboard the flight. He said that the baggage allowance for domestic routes has been raised to 30 kg. In the future, they will also promote chartered flights between Hualien and Japan as well as Hualien and Hong Hong to promote the local tourism industry. As for the highly coveted cross-strait aviation rights, Ho said they will apply according to rules. ==HO NUAN-HSUAN, China Airlines Chairman== We're all professionals here at China Airlines. Everyone knows the procedures, so they can take over within just 5 days. No problem at all. Actually, there is a lot of overlap between TransAsia and Mandarin Airlines' routes. Therefore, it's not hard for us to pick up their routes and expand our business. As for other routes, we will apply in accordance with the MOTC rules. After TransAsia suspended all its flights, the Minister of Transportation and Communication Ho Chen Tan said the MOTC has officially withdrawn TransAsia's aviation rights and will reallocate them in the next 2-3 weeks. ==HO CHEN TAN, MOTC Minister== We have withdrawn all TransAsia's aviation rights. We hope to open up the application process to all airline carriers in accordance with regulations. They can all apply and provide better services to passengers. (When can they apply the soonest?) It will probably take 2 to 3 weeks. We're working on it now. Ho Chen Tan said airline carriers are most concerned about the aviation rights to Shanghai. The MOTC will include offshore island routes in the package and open the application to all companies so that the benefits of people living in remote areas can be ensured. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 華航接手復興航線後，台北花蓮航線首發航班、今早起首航，有別於復興航空的螺旋槳飛機，華信採用的是104人座的噴射客機，飛行時間也只要40分鐘，比原本復興航空的飛行時間，節省10分鐘，乘客大多都很滿意。 ==旅行社業者 吳昭輝== 可靠度比較高 感覺就是可靠度比較高 ==中華觀光發展協會理事長 吳清榮== 我們就搭華信的飛機 過去(花蓮)踩線一下是這樣子 首班早上9點10分由台北飛往花蓮的華信航班，載客率達到71%，華航董事長何煖軒也親自搭機視察，他表示國內線行李重量也開放到30公斤，未來也會推廣花蓮到日本、花蓮到香港包機，推動花蓮觀光。至於大家極力想爭取的兩岸航權，表示一切依規定申請。 ==華航董事長 何煖軒== 我們華航都是老手 所以他們對整個 作業程序都非常清楚 現在短短五天之內 他們都沒有問題 其實興航所有航線當中 跟華航的重疊性非常的高 我們接的這些航線 來推展業務也是 非常容易的事情並不困難 剛剛提到說其它航線 我們就按照交通部的規矩來辦 復興航空停飛，航權是否收回，交通部長賀陳旦出席立法院交通委員會時表示，今天已經核定正式收回，最快會在兩到三周內進行航權分配。 ==交通部長 賀陳旦== 現在復興航空公司所有的航權 我們希望在最快的時間之內 能夠再把這個航權依照 法規的程序來請同業 大家去申請做更好的服務 (最快什麼時候) 我的了解恐怕要兩三個禮拜時間 我們在這個上面努力 而航權分配中，最讓各家航空業者關心的就是，飛往上海的航權，賀陳旦表示，會考慮各界建議，將離島花東這些服務性航線包裹兩岸航線，讓業者來申請，以維護偏遠地區民眾的權益。 記者 李志華 謝其文 台北報導