Fwd: Hengchun Airport Seen As Fully Safe

--- Colleen Turner <colleenturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 23:47:50 -0800 (PST)
> From: Colleen Turner <colleenturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Hengchun Airport Seen As Fully Safe 
> To: airport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Hengchun Airport Seen As Fully Safe 
> eTaiwan News, Taiwan
>  
> 2004-01-11 / Central News Agency /  
> With the inauguration of Wuliting Airport in
> Hengchun,
> Pingtung County, the Civil Aeronautics
> Administration
> once again reassured the public of the airport's
> safety. President Chen Shui-bian (³¯¤ô«ó) presided
> over its opening yesterday. 
> 
> In the face of grave public concerns about the
> southern Taiwan airport's safety, the CAA said in a
> press release that the airport's facilities fully
> meet
> international safety standards. 
> 
> According to the CAA, all facilities and equipment
> installed at the airport have passed all relevant
> tests by the International Civil Aviation
> Organization
> following completion of its construction in December
> 2003. 
> 
> The airport also passed the Pingtung County Fire
> Department's inspection Dec. 24 and received
> approval
> from the CAA January 6 to begin operations following
> flight tests in compliance with ICAO norms by the
> 72-seat ATR, 56-seat FK-50 and 56-seat DH-8 planes,
> which will be used by UNI Airways Corp., Trans Asia
> Airways and Mandarin Airlines for their Hengchun
> flights. 
> 
> Regarding public concerns about military test firing
> at a nearby base, the CAA said it has signed an
> agreement with the military to clearly separate
> commercial flights and military drills to fully
> ensure
> civil flight security. 
> 
> The CAA added that it had already decided last year
> to
> inaugurate the airport by January 10 of this year in
> order to serve a larger number of passengers and
> tourists flying to and from the Pingtung area ahead
> of
> the Chinese New Year, which falls on January 22 this
> year. Kenting National Park is located in Hengchun. 
> 
> Aviation sources have said that flights on routes
> between Hengchun and other destinations around
> Taiwan
> are almost fully booked for the Chinese New Year
> holiday period between January 20-26. 
>  
> 
> 

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