China News Agency, Taipei, June 10: Taiwan’s transportation authority recently said that it will plan to open six mainland destinations, including Shenzhen and Chongqing, to allow airlines to carry cargo on passenger planes. As early as before, Taiwanese society has frequently called on the authorities to open up cross-strait passenger and freight transportation as soon as possible.
According to media reports from Central News Agency, United Daily News and Business Times, Taiwan’s transportation authority said that considering the survival of the aviation industry and the needs of the industry, it will recommend that Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Qingdao, Ningbo, Changsha and other six destinations open passenger planes Cargo flight. The competent authority stated that these 6 destinations are all high demand for freight. All cities in the mainland have resumed work, and the volume of goods has increased. In the case of slow recovery of passenger traffic, it will be recommended to increase the waypoints of pure cargo flights of passenger aircraft without affecting the epidemic prevention. It can also improve the operation of the aviation industry and reduce losses.
"Economic Daily" issued an editorial last month, saying that since the outbreak of the epidemic, global freight demand has continued to increase, especially the cross-strait cargo space is very tight, but the authorities have many restrictions on cross-strait air cargo that has no doubts about epidemic prevention, which makes people uncomfortable. solution.
The editorial stated that the aviation industry was "extremely injured" in the epidemic and will now enter a period of economic boost. It is necessary to fully open the cross-strait air waypoint passenger aircraft to carry cargo as soon as possible, otherwise it will miss business opportunities.
After the news of the planned development of the destination, the air cargo contractors welcomed, but also pointed out that if it can be opened two months earlier, the aviation industry can make more money. At present, the peak of the air cargo market has passed, especially the demand for high-priced medical supplies has been reduced.
China Airlines Cargo Department pointed out that there are currently 22 cross-strait cargo flights a week, which is a full flight. It is a beautiful thing for the industry to be able to fly purely with passenger aircraft. EVA Air also said that it would be happy to see the authorities opening more cross-strait destinations.
In terms of Taiwanese businessmen, at the end of last month, when representatives of Taiwanese businessmen in the mainland participated in the Straits Forum, they called on the Taiwan authorities to negotiate the opening of more destinations so that Taiwanese businessmen and Taiwanese officials could return to work as soon as possible.
According to reports, many representatives of Taiwanese businessmen said that the current epidemic situation has been gradually controlled, but the direct flights to the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta areas where Taiwanese businessmen are the most concentrated have not been resumed. The inconvenience of businessmen has caused many Taiwanese businessmen to return to the mainland to work. Chen Zhonghe, chairman of the Shenzhen Taiwan Businessmen Association, revealed that there are more than 1,500 Taiwan businessmen who have not returned to work in Dongguan, and more than 1,400 in Shenzhen. Together with Guangzhou, Foshan and Jiangmen, there are about five or six thousand people.
"Wang Bao" recently reported that the transportation authority has released news such as the restoration of cross-strait waypoints, revealing two positive signals: First, the DPP authorities still have the sincerity to maintain cross-strait exchanges and also recognize the necessity of exchanges; second The restoration of cross-strait passenger transportation must be negotiated.
According to the social commentary, the society on both sides of the straits has the pressure to restore economic kinetic energy as soon as possible. The best and most effective way is to release the vitality of the people. It is the more important work that the non-governmental exchanges and economic and trade cooperation between the two sides of the strait that has stalled and retreated due to the epidemic situation and political factors can be quickly restored. (Finish)