Taiwan hopes cross-Strait scheduled flights will start sometime in August, which is likely the earliest the flights can begin as China still needs time to process applications from airlines, Dow Jones reported.
In early June, Taiwan completed the allocation of cross-Strait routes to its five commercial carriers.
The Chinese government has yet to allocate flights to its carriers.
The Commercial Times reported, citing unnamed industry sources, that it takes 60 days for China to process applications from its airlines to begin scheduled flights and set up branches in Taiwan.
Taiwan and China agreed in late April to expand air transport links across the Taiwan Strait, and increased the total number of daily flights to 270 per week from 108.
Of the 135 flights allocated to Taiwan, 113 are scheduled flights and 22 are chartered flights, Taiwan's aviation regulator said June 2.
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