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retaliation for US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China is conducting military exercises in Taiwan, disrupting the operation of our aircraft.
Direct flights to Taiwan have been canceled and routes to Southeast Asia have been changed to a detour route, which takes an additional hour.
Reporter Jae Hee-won on the sidewalk.
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Airlines have been busy with China's live ammunition training to Taiwan.
Asiana canceled the Incheon-Taiwan direct flight, and decided to make a decision on the Glepi flight after observing the situation.
[Asiana Airlines staff: A notice has been issued to restrict air operations in the airspace near Taiwan.
Accordingly, Asiana Airlines canceled flights to and from Incheon and Taipei on the 5th for the safety of passengers.]
Korean Air also canceled the flights, and delayed departures on the 7th day after the training ends.
As it became difficult to pass over Taiwan, some routes to Southeast Asia were also changed.
Instead of using the short-distance route to Taiwan, return to mainland China or Japan. As airliners flocked to the detour route, the flight time to Bangkok, Phuket, Hanoi, etc. increased from 10 minutes to 1 hour.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that during the Chinese military training period, about 100 flights of national flags are expected to be disrupted every day.
Exporters are also watching the situation closely.
[Lee Jun-bong / Head of Logistics Service Department of the International Trade Association: It is true that some routes have been delayed or adjusted, but there is no (damage report) yet.
We will continue to monitor...
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As of the first half of this year, the trade volume between Korea and Taiwan stood at $28.2 billion, or about 37 trillion won, ranking 6th among our trading partners.