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Trans Asia and EVA Tap China's Greater Western Market

2011/03/18 | By Ben Shen

Taipei, March 18, 2011 (CENS)--Taiwan's Trans Asia Airways and EVA Airways are eagerly trying to extend passenger services to China's western market to tap the massive business opportunities.

Trans Asia made its maiden flight between Songshan, Taipei and Chongqing, Sichuan province, China, also expecting to increase passenger services to four flights per week by cooperating with Sichuan Airways in the first half of this year; while EVA said it will fly the Taoyuan, Taiwan to Chengdu, Sichuan route by the end of March.

Trans Asia president Chen Chia said China's inland cities are growing rapidly, driven by Chongqing being developed as a production hub for notebook computers, with the mega-city to attract many business travelers from home and abroad.

Some 3,000 Taiwanese merchants live in Chongqing. With affordable commodity prices, housing prices and labor wages, Chongqing has great potential to be a business-oriented city as Kunshan, Jiangsu province; Suzhou, Jiangsu province; Guangzhou, Guangdong province; and Shenzhen, Fujian province.