Air Transport

TransAsia Airways next month is suspending its Taipei Taoyuan-Shanghai Pudong service so it can use the traffic rights to increase its Taipei Songshan-Shanghai Pudong service.

On 1 November the once weekly Taipei Taoyuan-Shanghai Pudong service will be suspended and the four-times weekly Taipei Songshan-Shanghai Pudong service will increase to five-times weekly, says TransAsia.

The carrier is primarily a Taiwanese domestic airline so most of its operations are concentrated at Taipei Songshan which is in Taipei's city centre. Taipei Toayuan is one hour drive from the city.

Since it launched services to Shanghai last year, TransAsia has tried to differentiate itself from the competition by operating from Taipei Songshan, which it claims is more convenient and popular with business travellers.