TAIWAN's Mandarin Airlines has launched direct flights between Wenzhou, a city in eastern Zhejiang province, and Taipei, reports Xinhua.
An E90 aircraft carrying 97 passengers took off from Wenzhou Yongqiang Airport at 1322 hrs, marking the inauguration of the twice weekly service.
The direct route takes 80 minutes, making it the shortest between the mainland and Taiwan. Previous routes, via cities such as Shanghai and Hangzhou, took six hours, according to a statement from Yongqiang Airport.
Twenty thousand people travelled from Taiwan to Wenzhou last year as tourists, visiting relatives or on business with 30,000 from Wenzhou going to Taiwan at the same time.
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