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7 mainland airlines to open branch offices in Taiwan

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-07-29 18:47

Taiwan authority of economic affairs has approved the requests of seven mainland airlines to open local offices on the island, chinanews.com.cn reports.

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The seven airlines are Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines Xiamen Airlines, Hainai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines and Shandong Airlines. The airlines will spend about US$380,000 to open the offices.