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Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on June 15 relaxed COVID-19 restrictions on passengers transfering to connecting flights. In a Taipei Times article titled “Best move to re-establish passenger transits first” (June 7, page 8), I said that before Taiwan reopens its borders, the government should allow the nation’s international airports to resume transit passenger operations so that their operators and airlines have enough time to review staffing and equipment needs. This would enable Taiwan’s airports to avoid following in the footsteps of airports overseas, which have been inund...

On May 30, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said that the government might shorten COVID-19 quarantine for all passengers arriving from abroad by adopting a “3+4” policy, under which they must undergo home isolation for three days, followed by self-health monitoring for four days. This shows that Taiwan is gradually opening its borders. It is anticipated that passengers would be able to enter the country without quarantine on arrival from September, so normal international travel can be resumed as Taiwan gets back in touch with the world again. Bloomberg reported that Singapore’s Chang...

On Wednesday last week, International Air Transport Association (IATA) director-general Willie Walsh told an online news conference that Hong Kong is no longer an international flight hub due to the government’s restrictions on inbound flights and its requirements for passenger quarantine. “It’s effectively off the map now, and I think it’s going to be difficult for Hong Kong to recover,” Walsh said. “It’s going to lag significantly behind the recovery that we’re seeing elsewhere and has led to a tough time for all airlines operating there.” Walsh’s remarks were undoubtedly...

Workers contracting COVID-19 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport has prompted the central and local governments to prepare to curb a potential outbreak in Taiwan, hoping to get in front of any community spread before the Lunar New Year holiday. The authorities should consider the following when taking precautions for handling people returning to Taiwan for the holiday: Saliva samples are being used to conduct nucleic acid tests, with arrivals passing through immigration control and then proceeding to a sample collection point in the corridor outside the terminal. Passengers spit into a con...

Hengchun Airport has not seen a single passenger for seven years since UNI Air suspended its service in 2014. The international air charters that Pingtung County has been counting on have disappeared due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though the Civil Aeronautics Administration has been discussing what to do with Hengchun Airport, such as turning it over to the military to use, there are still no definite solutions. At the moment, the airport is only being used by Apex Flight Academy for takeoff and landing training once every one to two months, and by the navy to launch and land drones