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Travelers take 'flights to nowhere' to celebrate Valentine's Day
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Before boarding one of the StarLux flights, a man proposed to his girlfriend, who accepted his proposal. Travelers take 'flights to nowhere' to celebrate Valentine's Day
Before boarding one of the StarLux flights, a man proposed to his girlfriend, who accepted his proposal.
StarLux Airlines and China Airlines (CAL) took passengers Saturday on three sightseeing flights that had no destination, in celebration of Chinese Valentine's Day, as international travel remained restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Taiwan-based StarLux Airlines and China Airlines (CAL) took passengers Saturday on three sightseeing flights that had no destination, in celebration of Chinese Valentine's Day, as international travel remained restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
StarLux' flights JX8025 and JX8520 left from Taoyuan International Airport at 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., respectively, taking passengers on a four-hour trip southward to Taiwan's Pratas Islands in the South China Sea and back to Taoyuan.
The airline decorated the departure gate with a backdrop depicting the Taipei Xia-Hai City God Temple, where people usually go to pray for a marriage partner.
Before boarding one of the StarLux flights, a man proposed to his girlfriend, who accepted his proposal.
Meanwhile, CAL flight CI2099 took off at 3:15 p.m. from Taoyuan, but changed its flight plan due to bad weather.
The Boeing 737-800 jetliner, which was scheduled to fly to southern Taiwan and then north to Japan's Ishigaki Island before returning to Taoyuan, instead took passengers over Hong Kong and back on a two-hour flight.
