Passengers board the first cross-Straits flight of the day to Shanghai from Taiwan, at the Taipei Songshan Airport December 15, 2008. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan begin direct air, sea transport and postal services on Monday for the first time since 1949. [Agencies]
The Shenzhen Airlines plane carrying the first group of tourists to arrive from Shenzhen goes through a welcome water fountain at the Songshan airport in Taipei December 15, 2008. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan begin direct air, sea transport and postal services on Monday for the first time since 1949. [Agencies]
Tseng Yee-lun (2nd L), a Shenzhen Airlines air hostess from Taiwan, poses for a photo before boarding the Shenzhen Airlines plane which is the first cross-Straits flight of the day from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan at the Shenzhen International Airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province December 15, 2008. [Xinhua]
Ground crew members wave to passengers onboard the TransAsia Airways aeroplane which is the first cross-Straits flight of the day from Taiwan to Shanghai, at the Taipei Songshan Airport December 15, 2008. [Agencies]
A passenger from the first cross-Straits flight of the day from Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province arrives at the Taipei Songshan Airport December 15, 2008. [Agencies]
Passengers board the first cross-Straits flight of the day to Shanghai from Taiwan, at the Taipei Songshan Airport December 15, 2008. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan begin direct air, sea transport and postal services on Monday for the first time since 1949. [Agencies]
