Civil Aviation

• General Introduction
  • Civil Aviation in Taiwan (Updated 2008)

• Year 2008
  • General Activities
    • CAL pens agreement with Airbus to revamp medium-range fleet (January 4)

• Year 2007
  • Policies and Trends
    • CAA studies plan to add runway at Hengchun airport (August 15)
    • More airports may be open for charter service, says MAC (June 6)

• Year 2006
  • Policies and Trends
    • Taiwan's air accident rate higher than world average (December 12)
    • China airports seen as more popular than Taoyuan airport (September 29)
    • CAA to raise foreign investment cap on air-carrier industry (August 31)
    • Airlines to increase fuel surcharge on international flights, says CAA (March 24)
    • Transport firms to benefit from new routes (March 20)
    • Flights to cross strait over holidays (January 27)
  • General Activities
    • Boeing, EGAT put wings on world's first large cargo freighter (September 6)
    • CAL plans to purchase 10 Boeing 747-8 passenger planes in 2006 (May 3)
    • Eva Airways posted higher earnings than China Airlines in 2005 (April 19)
    • EVA Airways to forge "golden triangle" in cross-strait cargo (March 3)

• Year 2005
  • Taiwan, China agree on cross-strait holiday flights (November 25)
  • Taiwanese carriers begin flights directly over Chinese territory (September 16)
  • China flights on horizon (August 26)
  • Beijing urged to allow overflights (August 5)
  • China Airlines expands fleet, beefs up pilot training program (July 27)