Airlines offer special Lovers’ Day flightsBy Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporterLocal airline companies have launched a second round of “flights to nowhere” for the Qixi Festival (七夕情人節), or Lovers’ Day, in an effort to recover some revenue lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. China Airlines Ltd (CAL, 中華航空), which also launched one Lovers’ Day inspired flight for Saturday next week, saw all of its 108 seats sold out yesterday. CAL offered its first “fly-to-nowhere” program on Father’s Day and is to offer a second flight today. EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空) said that these special programs help maintain cash flow, but could not offset lost revenue due to the cancelation of international flights, an official said by telephone yesterday. As the carrier used to focus on flights between Taiwan and neighboring countries such as Japan and South Korea, it needs to do more research for the special programs, Hsu said.

Source: Taipei Times August 14, 2020 15:56 UTC