By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) yesterday denied that it has rejected requests for additional cross-strait flights for the Lunar New Year holiday, adding that Taiwan and China are still in discussions. “Following precedent, we are still gauging the demand for additional cross-strait flights for the Lunar New Year holiday by surveying Taiwanese businesspeople and students in China. We are also ascertaining the airlines’ capacity for offering more flights,” the CAA said. “Due to a significant decrease in the number of Chinese tourists, a large percentage of regular flights across the [Taiwan] Strait have not been fully utilized. We are conducting a survey to see if there is still a need for additional flights,” the CAA said.

Source: Taipei Times November 12, 2019 16:03 UTC