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Qingming cross-straits flights begin(Xinhua)Updated: 2007-03-31 10:06
An airplane, carrying about 350 Taiwan compatriots for the upcoming Qingming Festival, or the Tomb-Sweeping Day, landed in Shanghai Pudong Airport on Friday afternoon. The China News Service reports that Taiwan's premier airline, China Airlines, conducted their first cross-Straits charter flights for Tomb-Sweeping Day, which falls on April 5 this year. It is another step towards the availability of regular round trip flights between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan during such festivals. Last June, aviation organizations from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan agreed to open charter flights for a greater number of traditional festivals, in addition to the Spring Festival. The first Mid-Autumn Festival charter flight across the Taiwan Straits took place last September. Qingming Festival is an occasion for Chinese people to pay homage to their
ancestors and deceased loved ones.
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