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New Airport in Taiwan to Open Soon

January 1, 2004

New Airport to Open Soon
Taipei Times, Taiwan

Wuliting airport at Hengchun, in southern Taiwan's Pingtung County, will be 
inaugurated Saturday next week in a bid to boost tourism in the south, it was 
announced Tuesday.

Three air carriers -- UNI Airways Corp (¥ßºa), Mandarin Airlines (µØ«H) 
and TransAsia Airways (´_¿³) -- will operate one flight between Taipei and 
Heng-chun each day, while Mandarin Airlines and UNI Airways will operate one 
flight between Taichung and Hengchun each day. Flight time will be around one 
hour.

Once the airport is operation-al, shuttle buses will connect the airport with 
the resort area of Kenting.

Pingtung County Commissioner Su Chia-chuan (Ä¬¹Å¥þ) said that the county 
will mobilize Aboriginal people who will form a troupe that will sing and dance 
at the airport to welcome arriving quests during holiday periods.

Wuliting airport has been converted from a military airport, with construction 
work starting in July 2000. The total construction cost amounts to NT$539 
million (US$15.85 million).

The Pingtung County Government has set up an agricultural produce exhibition 
center and a tourist service center at the airport that will provide hotel 
reservations and tourist guide services. 

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