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交通部民用航空局 108 年年報 CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION
2018 ANNUAL REPORT
the density and convenience of the air network of Taiwan. In 2018, there were 92 airlines operating in Taiwan with 313 regular passenger and cargo routes connecting 149 cities worldwide, pushing the annual number of passengers up to 68.9 million.
Facilitating the New Southbound Exchanges
To expedite the economic and trade cooperation and
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Expanding International Air Network
In light of the trend of international air traffic rights liberation, the CAA takes the general interests of Taiwan as well as the competitiveness of airports and the needs from the national aviation businesses into consideration, proactively expanding international air traffic rights through concluding air services agreements with countries and areas. The CAA continued its engagement with countries and areas on the matter of bilateral air service agreements in 2018. 57 air services agreements with other countries or areas have been reached to date.
In the meantime, various foreign airlines are optimistic about Taiwan's aviation market and have flown into the sky of Taiwan. In addition to foreign airlines such as Vanilla Airline and Peach Aviation that have opened new
to promote tourism exchanges with new southbound neighboring countries, the CAA has aligned itself with the New Southbound Policy and is working with the industry for the cause. With the recent resigning or revision of the air service agreements with countries like Vietnam, the Philippines, India and Australia, the capacities for passengers and cargo have been increased significantly. Along with the preferential measures for landing fees, airlines are encouraged to expand their flights to jointly promote regional cooperation and the exchanges for talents and resources.
It was a fruitful year in 2018 for the New Southbound Policy. There were 9 new routes to the new southbound neighboring countries. A total of 29 airlines operating in Taiwan ran 32 scheduled routes that covered the major and secondary cities of these southbound neighboring countries. The average number of weekly scheduled flights reached 608 with a number of 12.48 million passengers in 2018, which is a 12% growth compared to that in 2017.
routes or increased their flights on the existing routes, Air France, Air New Zealand and Royal Brunei Airlines resumed their regular flights to and from Taiwan in April, November and December of 2018 respectively, elevating