Taiwan’s civil aviation authority has taken away Far Eastern Air Transport’s (FAT) domestic traffic rights but the grounded carrier has retained its international traffic rights for the time being.

A FAT spokeswoman in Taipei says Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has stripped the airline of its domestic traffic rights.

The spokeswoman was responding to news reports in Taiwan quoting from the CAA.

She says even though the CAA has announced its decision to the news media, the airline has yet to receive the decision officially in writing.

The spokeswoman also says the CAA has stopped short of taking away the airline’s international traffic rights.

Reports in Taiwan’s news media quote the CAA as saying it let FAT retain its international traffic rights for the time being because the airline told the CAA it will receive a

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