Beijing had initially notified Taipei it would impose a no-fly zone from April 16 to 18, but Taiwan's transport ministry says this was later reduced to a period of just 27 minutes on April 16, after it protested.
to the north of Taiwan on April 16 will affect about 33 flights, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported, citing the island’s transport minister, Wang Kwo-tsai.
Reuters first reported that Beijing had initially notified Taipei it would impose a no-fly zone from April 16 to 18, but Taiwan’s transport ministry said this was later reduced to a period of just 27 minutes on Sunday morning after it protested. Wang said the ban could add “less than one hour” of extra travel time to the affected flights as they will have to divert further south from their original routes.
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