Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) and subsidiary Mandarin Airlines have outlined plans for services to China, which will initially cover flights to four Chinese cities from four Taiwanese cities.

CAL says in a statement that it and Mandarin will be serving China from 4 July, following the signing of a groundbreaking agreement earlier this month allowing non-stop services between Fridays and Mondays from that day.

Regular non-stop flights between China and Taiwan have been banned since 1949, when the two sides split following a civil war.

The two carriers will together operate 29 round-trip flights between the two sides in July, to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Xiamen from Kaohsiung, Makung, Taichung and Taipei.

CAL says there will be 14 Taipei-Shanghai services, seven Taipei-Beijing services, five Taipei-Guangzhou services, one Kaohsiung-Guangzhou service, one Taichung-Xiamen-Makung service and one Makung-Xiamen-Taichung service.

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