The Civil Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Communications today held the biennial "Golden Xiang Award" award ceremony and the 76th anniversary of the Bureau to commend aviation practitioners. From the right are Gao Xinghuang, General Manager of China Airlines, He Shuping, Director of Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Communications, and Executive Deputy Director of the Ministry of Communications Qi Wenzhong, Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China Lin Guoxian, Chairman of China Airlines Xie Shiqian, CEO of Xingyu Airlines Zhai Jianhua, and Chairman of Tigerair Taiwan Chen Hanming.

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[Reporter Chen Xinyu/Taipei Report] The Civil Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Communications today held the biennial "Golden Xiang Award" award ceremony and the 76th anniversary celebration to commend aviation practitioners. Next year, aviation can return to the level before the epidemic or even higher, which will also drive the development of the domestic economy.

Lin Guoxian said that the aviation industry has experienced hardships, including SARS, energy crisis, financial crisis, and various economic, political and environmental threats in the past 30 years, and its progress has not slowed down. In the past ten years, it has maintained growth. The civil aviation industry It is necessary to apply for a 40 billion yuan bailout with the central government to help airlines, ground handlers, and airport service providers retain their vitality, so that passengers can start to recover quickly.

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Lin Guoxian, Director of Civil Aviation and Chairman of Taoyuan International Airport Company, said that last year, Taoyuan International Airport had an average of only 300 planes per day, about 2,000 passengers, and each plane carried less than 7 people on average. Although the overall service last year was 5.33 million passengers, compared with the epidemic The previous 48.69 million passengers were not high, but there were about 314 flights the day before yesterday, and about 73,000 inbound and outbound passengers. About 1.85 million sorties.

Lin Guoxian said that the Ministry of Communications applied for a 40 billion yuan bailout budget to assist airlines, airport service providers, and service personnel to retain their vitality. Once the border is opened, the recovery will be rapid.

Lin Guoxian said that the borders will be opened on October 13, and the limit on the number of people entering the country will be lifted on December 10. The 72,000 passengers the day before yesterday (14th) have reached 54% before the epidemic. We have not wasted the "suffering" of this period of time. I believe that all fleets have also cultivated great resilience and know how to face changes.

Lin Guoxian said that in the past, foreign airlines left Taiwan because the hardware could not keep up with the growth rate of the aviation industry. Now Taoyuan International Airport is building the third terminal, which is expected to be completed in 2025, and the third runway development project is also underway. , making airports more resilient.

The Civil Aviation Administration stated that since 1998, it has continued to conduct the evaluation of the operation and service of the civil air transport industry, and encourages all civil air transport operators to make continuous progress in air transport services. The evaluation period of this session is from July 2020 to last year (2022) In June, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the passenger traffic of international and cross-strait routes dropped sharply, leaving only 2.38%, so the operation and service evaluation of the international and cross-strait routes group was suspended.

This year, 3 airlines participated in the "Domestic Scheduled Airline Group" award evaluation, including Huaxin, UNI and Dean, and Uni Air was rated as the first place in this group.

Qi Wenzhong, deputy minister of the Ministry of Transport, said that in the past three years, the aviation industry has implemented a "resilience strengthening plan" during the epidemic. In addition to maintaining its own operations, it has also assisted the government in transporting anti-epidemic materials. Moreover, it has never stopped software and hardware updates. Today, the recovery is finally ushered in when the epidemic slows down, because everyone has made preparations and hopes that the aviation industry can return to the pre-epidemic level in 2024.

The Civil Aviation Administration also held a bureau celebration today to commend 7 excellent epidemic prevention units including China Airlines and 18 epidemic prevention models including China Airlines senior nurse You Yizhen. The commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center Wang Bisheng also presented the awards.