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Civil Aviation

As introduced by the Taiwan Yearbook 2006:

 

At the end of 2005, a total of 49 airlines, including code-share airlines, provided flight services to destinations in Taiwan. Of these airlines, 43 foreign carriers and 6 national airlines operated scheduled international air services to and from Taiwan. Six companies, including two helicopter operators, also offered domestic passenger flight services.

There are currently two international airports in Taiwan: Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, formerly known as CKS International Airport, in northern Taiwan and Kaohsiung International Airport in the south. In addition, there are 16 domestic airports in operation: Taipei, Hualien, Taitung, Taichung, Tainan, Chiayi, Pingtung, Magong, Cimei, Orchid Island, Green Island, Wangan, Kinmen, Hengchun, as well as Matsu Island's Beigan and Nangan.

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport has two terminals, the second of which opened in July 2000, providing an annual handling capacity of 20 million inbound/outbound and transit passengers. To shuttle passengers between Terminal I and II, a people-moving system connecting the two terminals started service in January 2003. A mass rapid transit link has also been approved to connect the airport with Taipei City. This 51.5-km line will start from the airport's Terminal II and run eastward to Taipei and southward to Taoyuan and Jhongli cities. The MRT is scheduled for completion in 2012.

Kaohsiung International Airport serves Taiwan's civil air transportation needs in southern Taiwan. An international passenger terminal was opened in 1997, with the then existing terminal being designated as the airport's domestic terminal, and further expansions of airport facilities have continued in order to transform Kaohsiung into a regional business operations center.

The government has been negotiating additional air traffic rights for domestic carriers operating international air services. In 2005, Taiwan revised aviation agreements with Germany, Belgium, Australia, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and Cambodia. In addition, two new air services agreements were concluded with Guatemala and Burkina Faso.

 

Airlines Providing Scheduled International Services to/from Taiwan
 
  • Air Hong Kong
  • Air Macau
  • Air New Zealand
  • Air Nippon
  • Angkor Airways
  • Asiana Airlines
  • Cargolux Airlines International*
  • Cathay Pacific Airways
  • China Airlines
  • Continental Micronesia
  • Emirates Airlines*
  • EVA Airways
  • Far Eastern Air Transport Corp.
  • Federal Express Airways*
  • Garuda Indonesia Airlines
  • Gemini Air Cargo*
  • Hong Kong Dragon Airlines
  • Japan Asia Airways
  • Jet Star Asia Airways
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
  • Korean Air
  • Malaysian Airlines
  • Mandarin Airlines
  • Northwest Airlines
  • Pacific Airlines
  • Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines*
  • Palau Asia Pacific Air
  • Palau Trans-Pacific Airlines
  • Philippine Airlines
  • Polar Air Cargo*
  • Singapore Airlines
  • Singapore Airlines Cargo*
  • Thai Airways
  • Thai Sky Airlines
  • Trade Wind Airlines*
  • TransAsia Airways
  • UNI Airways
  • United Airlines
  • United Parcel Services*
  • Vietnam Airlines *Cargo services only
* Cargo services only.
 
Airlines Providing Code-sharing Services Only
 
  • Air Canada
  • Alitalia American Airlines
  • Austrian Airlines
  • British Airways
  • Continental Airlines
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Lufthansa
  • Qantas Airways

 

The following is a list of airlines that provide domestic services in Taiwan:

  • Far Eastern Air Transport
  • Mandarin Airlines
  • TransAsia Airways
  • UNI Airways
  • Daily Air Corporation
  • Sunrise Airlines