Xiamen Airlines issued a statement saying that Taiwan authorities refused to approve cross-strait Spring Festival flights?

130, Weibo, the official of Xiamen Airlines, reported that up to now, the civil aviation authorities in Taiwan Province Province still refused to approve the cross-strait Spring Festival overtime plan applied by Xiamen Airlines according to the needs of cross-strait passengers, and the trip of Taiwan Province compatriots to return home for the New Year and reunite with their relatives by overtime flights was delayed.

Xiamen Airlines said that with the approach of 20 18 Spring Festival travel rush, as a responsible airline, in order to make passengers who are currently booking and planning to book tickets adjust their plans in advance as soon as possible, so as to avoid difficulties for compatriots on both sides of the strait to return home and travel again during their stay in Spring Festival travel rush, Xiamen Airlines could not wait for the reply from relevant departments in Taiwan Province Province, and would be forced to cancel 70 overtime flights during the Spring Festival.

As a witness, participant and promoter of direct cross-strait flights, Xiamen Airlines Taiwan Province route has transported nearly 4 million passengers back and forth since the launch of direct cross-strait flights in 2008, which has built a convenient air bridge for cross-strait economic and trade exchanges and personnel exchanges. In order to minimize the adverse impact of flight cancellation on passengers, Xiamen Airlines will provide free refund and rescheduling services for tens of thousands of passengers who have booked air tickets, and do their best to ensure the service. Xiamen Airlines apologizes for the inconvenience caused by the cancellation of the flight.

This time, Taiwan Province Province ignored the needs of cross-strait people's exchanges, used people's rights and interests as a bargaining chip, and refused to approve the overtime plan for the Spring Festival, resulting in tens of thousands of Taiwanese businessmen unable to go home comfortably during the Spring Festival. This practice of deviating from people's hearts and making things difficult for Taiwan Province compatriots has seriously hurt the feelings of people on both sides of the strait, and Xiamen Airlines expresses its strong dissatisfaction and condemnation.

Xiamen Airlines once again strongly appeals to the relevant departments of Taiwan Province Province to proceed from the well-being of the people on both sides of the strait, conform to the public opinion, meet the urgent needs of the people, and not artificially obstruct the pace of compatriots returning home in Taiwan Province Province.

It is reported that 29th is the deadline for Taiwan Province authorities to allow Xiamen Airlines and China Eastern Airlines to refute 176 Spring Festival overtime flights. A few days ago, the Taiwan Province authorities refused to approve cross-strait Spring Festival flights, which made it inconvenient for Taiwanese businessmen to return home, but they "smashed the pot" in the mainland and asked the mainland to negotiate. On the 29th, the Taiwan Province authorities said, "Due to the dispute over the M503 route, the Civil Aviation Administration temporarily refused to approve the application of China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines 176 classes for cross-strait Spring Festival overtime flights. The transportation department roughly estimated that the peak of the impact in February was 13, and at the most extreme, more than 3,000 people might gather in Xiamen to return to Taiwan. Five plans to help Taiwanese businessmen and businessmen were announced on the 29th. The Taiwan Province authorities also claimed that "if the mainland shows goodwill, it is willing to sit down and talk at any time. "