Maiden EVA Air Kaohsiung-Hong Kong flight takes off
Maiden EVA Air Kaohsiung-Hong Kong flight takes off
2024-04-12
For the first time in nine years, more flight options are coming to Kaohsiung International Airport. On Friday, EVA Air inaugurated a new direct flight route to Hong Kong, in hopes of attracting more visitors to Taiwan. And just in time for the summer break, T’way and VietJet Air will be launching flights to South Korea and Vietnam from the southern port city.
For the first time in nine years, EVA Air has launched a new flight route from Kaohsiung. Its destination: Hong Kong. On Friday, the maiden flight took off packed with passengers, some of whom were simply there for the experience.
Mr. Lin
Passenger
I’m actually going to Taipei. I’ll be transferring flights in Hong Kong. I just wanted to go on the first flight, it’s an interesting experience.
Mr. Tsai
Passenger
After all, if more airlines have flights, ticket prices could become cheaper. So the more airlines, the better.
With the pandemic a thing of the past, several airlines have launched flights to new destinations from Kaohsiung. From June 21, T’way Air will be operating direct flights to Seoul. And Starting June 14, VietJet Air will start flying to Phu Quoc.
Sun Chia-ming
EVA Air
We hope to attract more tourists from Hong Kong with this arrangement, which includes the flight routes to and from Taoyuan International Airport. They can enter Taiwan via Kaohsiung and leave from Taoyuan, or arrive from Taoyuan and return from Kaohsiung. This could all help boost Taiwan tourism.
Fu Yao-nan
Kaohsiung International Airport
The number of flights is back to 70% of pre-pandemic levels. We have also been receiving a lot of messages with proposals to increase flight numbers and flight routes. So we should all take advantage of these opportunities.
Kaohsiung International Airport expects traveler numbers to grow with the new destinations on offer. Officials say they are optimistic about the resumption of all flight routes that were canceled during the pandemic, adding that they will make efforts toward that while maintaining flight safety.
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直飛新航點! 長榮"高雄-香港"首航班機座無虛席
2024-04-12
長榮航空睽違9年，再度開闢高雄直飛新航點，高雄飛香港首航，週五上午在小港機場起飛，首航班機座無虛席。看好南部旅遊市場，初期規劃每天飛航1班，5/15起再增班為每日2班，未來每週將有67個航班，提供南台灣旅客更多觀光旅遊的選擇。
長榮航空睽違9年，再度開闢高雄直飛新航點，12號首航高雄-香港航線，首航班機座無虛席還有人是專程來體驗。
[[首航旅客 林先生]]
“我要去台北，去香港轉機而已啦，坐坐首航啊，挺有趣的活動。”
[[首航旅客 蔡先生]]
“畢竟多家，可能或許機票就會便宜一點點這樣的狀況，所以當然有越多家越好。”
疫情過後，多家航空公司開拓新航點，包括德威航空，6/21起，從高雄直飛首爾金浦機場、越捷航空6/14起，高雄開航到越南富國島。
[[長榮航空總經理 孫嘉明]]
“就是我們希望透過這樣的航線的布局，包括我們桃園的航線，吸引更多香港的旅客，不管從高雄進桃園出，或是從桃園進高雄出，都能夠來促進整個台灣的觀光旅遊。”
[[高雄國際航空站主任 傅耀南]]
“基本上高雄我們現在整個時間帶跟空間來說，目前已經恢復到七成，現在我們這邊也接到很多訊息，一直在提出所謂增班，跟增加航線的需求，所以請大家要掌握這個機會。”
新航線開闢，高雄小港機場航運量，可望提升，至於外界關注，今年能否恢復之前停航的全數航線，航空站主任也強調，保持樂觀態度，會在兼顧飛安的情況下努力。
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