Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

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The Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Chinese台湾 桃园 国际 机场, Pinyin Taiwan Taoyuan Guoji Jīchǎng ), short TTY Airport, is the international airport for Taipei in Republic of China on Taiwan. He is a good 10 km north- west of Taoyuan and about 30 km west of Taipei in the municipality of Dayuan. The IATA code is TPE.

It is Taiwan's largest airport and the main hub for airlines China Airlines and EVA Air, the right location in Taipei Taipei Songshan Airport ( IATA: TSA) has been manufacturing the construction of the airport Taiwan Taoyuan only domestic and charter flights from.

History

The airport was planned and built as an extension of the village in the city of Taipei Songshan Airport has not been possible in the 1970s. The current Terminal I was opened on 21 February 1979. Increasing air traffic and the location of Eva Air in 1991 made ​​an expansion necessary. On 29 July 2000, the Terminal II was opened for the airport, currently a new terminal (III) is planned.

By 2006, the airport was named Chiang Kai- shek International Airport, shortly CKS Airport (中正 国际 机场, Zhongzheng Guoji Jīchǎng, Zhongzheng International Airport ') after the former president of the Republic of China Chiang Kai- shek, who in the course of his political career gave the name Zhongzheng. After the nearest town, he was also Zhongzheng Taoyuan Airport (桃园 中正 机场, Taoyuan Zhongzheng Jīchǎng ) called.

In September 2006, the Executive Yuan approved the name change to "Taiwan Taoyuan Airport ", a name which was provided for in the planning phase for the airport, but politically motivated was replaced before the opening by the name of Chiang Kai- shek.

Even after renaming the old abbreviation CKS still appears occasionally on timetables, signposts as well as buses and limousines to the airport.

Transport links

The Highway 2 leads to the airport. After Taipei and other cities in Taiwan are regular buses. A connection between the airport and the metro network from Taipei ( MRT ) for about 32 km away the city center is under construction. The Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail (HSR ) is nearby, a shuttle train service is under construction. The departure area of ​​the airport can only be a feeder flight from Kaohsiung Airport ( IATA: KHH ) from Taiwan without re- entry and exit are achieved in southern Taiwan.

Accidents

  • October 31, 2000 - At the start of a Boeing 747 operated by Singapore Airlines ( flight 006), there was an accident with multiple construction vehicles. The runway 05R was closed due to construction work, which is why the runway 05L was assigned to the start. The engine turned but from the taxiway to the runway 05R early on a rather another piece to follow the taxiway on to the right path. Due to the poor visibility, the pilot two shovels located there could not recognize and tore them with you. The plane took off shortly and then fell to the ground. 81 of the 179 people on board were killed.
  • 25 May 2002 - On Flight 611 China Airlines on the way from Chiang Kai- shek International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport broke the Boeing 747- 209B due to material fatigue due to lack of maintenance apart. All 225 people aboard were killed.

Terminals

The airport has two terminals.

Terminal I

  • Air Macau ( Macau )
  • Cathay Pacific ( Fukuoka, Hong Kong, Nagoya, Osaka - Kansai, Seoul -Incheon, Tokyo - Narita )
  • China Airlines flights to and from Europe and South East Asia ( Amsterdam, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Denpasar / Bali, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Phuket, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Penang, Rome- Fiumicino, Seoul -Incheon, Singapore, Vienna -Schwechat, London -Heathrow)
  • Jetstar Asia Airways ( Singapore, osaka - kansai)
  • Korean Air (Seoul -Incheon )
  • Malaysia Airlines ( Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles)
  • Mandarin Airlines ( Asahikawa, Cebu, Hakodate, Ishigaki, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Subic, Toyama, Wajima, Yangon )
  • Philippine Airlines (Manila, kalibo )
  • Thai Airways International (Bangkok, Phuket, Seoul -Incheon )
  • TransAsia Airways ( Busan, Cheju, Kota Kinabalu, Macau )
  • Vietnam Airlines ( Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)
  • The Spirit Of Manila Airlines ( Clark)

Terminal II

  • Air China (Beijing, Shanghai)
  • All Nippon Airways ( Tokyo - Narita )
  • Asiana Airlines ( Seoul -Incheon )
  • China Airlines flights to and from North America, Australia, Japan, China and Pacific regions (Anchorage, Brisbane, Fukuoka, Guam, Hiroshima, Ngagasaki, Los Angeles, Nagoya, New York - JFK, Okinawa, Osaka - Kansai, San Francisco, Sapporo, Sydney, Tokyo - Narita, Vancouver, Guam)
  • Dragonair (Hong Kong)
  • EVA Air (Amsterdam, Bangkok, Brisbane, Denpasar / Bali, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jakarta, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, London - Heathrow, Los Angeles, Macau, Manila, Nagoya, Newark, Osaka - Kansai, Paris -Charles de Gaulle, Phnom Penh, San Francisco, Sapporo, Seattle / Tacoma, Sendai, Seoul -Incheon, Singapore, Surabaya, Tokyo - Narita, Vancouver, Vienna -Schwechat, Vientiane, Toronto )
  • Japan Airlines ( Nagoya, Osaka - Kansai, Tokyo - Narita )
  • KLM Asia (Amsterdam, Bangkok )
  • Singapore Airlines ( Singapore)
  • Uni Air (Kaohsiung )
  • United Airlines (San Francisco, Tokyo - Narita )
  • Delta Airlines ( Tokyo - Narita )
  • China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai - Pudong )
  • Air AsiaX (Kuala Lumpur )
  • Thai Air Asia (Bangkok )
  • Air Asia ( Kota Kinabalu )
  • Tiger Airways ( Singapore) ( from January 2011)
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