Taipei Songshan Airport and Taoyuan Airport have flight cancellations today and tomorrow. (Hong Kong "China Review News" file photo)
China Jingwei News, August 4: According to Hong Kong's "China Review News" report, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( Nancy Pelosi) arrived in Taiwan on the evening of the 2nd, and the People's Liberation Army immediately announced that from August 4 From 12:00 noon on August 7 to 12:00 noon on August 7, military exercises were conducted in 6 sea areas around Taiwan, which was equivalent to a three-day blockade of Taiwan. Taipei Songshan Airport and Taoyuan Airport have flight cancellations today and tomorrow. The official website of Taoyuan Airport shows that more than 50 flights have been canceled on August 4. However, it is said that the flight cancellation has nothing to do with the military exercise. There have been flight cancellations from the beginning of the epidemic the year before last to now.
However, it is also pointed out that the military exercises have impacted the routes between Japan and South Korea flying to Southeast Asia. It is currently estimated that 2% of the flights may be affected after the fermentation.
Mainland Army exercises surround Taiwan. Taiwan's transportation department held an emergency contingency meeting on the 3rd. The air transport part will change the route and altitude. Alternative routes are being coordinated with Japan and the Philippines for routes in and out of Taiwan's airports. Details will be announced later.
Comprehensive Taiwan media reports, according to Taoji's official website, 26 flights to Taiwan were canceled on August 4, including EVA Air BR9 Vancouver to Taoji, EVA Air BR751 Shanghai Pudong to Taoji, EVA BR27 San Francisco To Peach Blossoms, EVA Air BR15 from Los Angeles to Peach Blossoms, China Airlines CI904 from Hong Kong to Peach Blossoms, EVA Air BR177 Osaka Kansai to Peach Blossoms, EVA Air BR105 Fukuoka to Peach Blossoms, Thai VietJet VR562 Bangkok to Peach Blossoms .
and EVA Air BR131 Osaka Kansai to Taoji, StarAir JX801 Tokyo to Taoji, EVA Air BR197 Tokyo to Taoji, EVA Air BR715 Beijing to Taoji, EVA Air BR5 Los Angeles to Taoji, Changchun EVA Air BR212 from Bangkok to Peach Blossom Jet, EVA Air BR266 from Phnom Penh to Peach Blossom Jet, EVA Air BR870 from Hong Kong to Peach Blossom Jet, Vietjet Air VJ940 from Hanoi to Peach Blossom Jet, EVA Air BR202 from Bangkok to Peach Blossom Jet, etc.
In addition, 25 flights departing from Taoji on August 4 have been cancelled, including EVA Air BR178 Taoji to Osaka Kansai, EVA Air BR395 Taoji to Ho Chi Minh City , etc.
However, Taoyuan Airport Company stated that it has not yet received any information about the cancellation of original flights due to the exercise.
It is reported that most of the 51 flights canceled on August 4 were related to the epidemic. Because air rights and were still there, they did not fly due to the reduced demand due to the epidemic, so they were reported as cancellations. Some flights were also canceled due to the impact of freight prices.
Rumor has it that after the People's Liberation Army military exercises, the biggest impact will probably be on routes between Japan and South Korea flying to Southeast Asia. The impact of the military exercises is expected to remain to be seen and fermented. It is currently estimated that if there is any cancellation in the future, it may affect at least 2% of Taoyuan flights.
As for the shipping part, since there are no fixed routes, you just need to avoid the training area. The "Port Bureau" stated that it calls on relevant ships to avoid the exercise area during the military exercise and use alternative routes to enter and exit Keelung Port , Su'ao Port , Taipei Port , Kaohsiung Port , Tainan Anping Port, Hualien Port and Hualien Peace Port navigation for safety. Relevant ships sailing in the waters between the west of Area 1 and Pingtan should try to avoid the military exercise area and surrounding waters to maintain the safety of ship navigation.
