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China Airlines, one of Taiwan's leading international carriers, announced Saturday it would be cutting back its monthly flights by ten percent. The move has been brought about by the pressure of rising oil prices.

The airline is to cut around 100 passenger and 50 cargo flights from June. A spokesman for the airlines said the flight reductions would remain in place until oil prices fall to "an acceptable level." The airline said however that its flights to Europe would remain unaffected.

Due to rising fuel costs, China Airlines posted net losses of almost 100 million US dollars for the first quarter of this year. That's greater than the airline's net loss for the whole of 2007.

Source: english.rti.org.tw

Labels: china airlines, fuel, taiwan

Airport workers in western Japan found a 28-inch fracture in the fuselage of a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 weeks after a similar plane flown by the company exploded at another Japanese airport, an official said Friday.

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China Airlines says its Boeing 737-800 aircraft are safe to fly after completing inspections of its own and Mandarin Airlines planes, in accordance with a Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) emergency airworthiness directive (EAD).

cargonewsasia.com

Labels: Boeing, china airlines, safety

Investigators in Japan say they have found a hole in the fuel tank of a China Airlines plane that could explain why it burst into a fireball moments after landing.

abc.net.au

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A China Airlines plane was forced to divert to another airport in central Japan late Wednesday after running low on fuel, just two days after another of its jets burst into flames, a report said.

news.com.au

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