In response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the People’s Liberation Army announced that it will conduct military exercises and organize live ammunition in six sea areas around Taiwan from Thursday to next Sunday (4th to 7th), which will affect some routes. Several flights from Taoyuan International Airport and Taipei Songshan Airport were cancelled from Wednesday (3rd) to Thursday, including Hong Kong flights. Among them, at least 51 flights from Taoyuan Airport were cancelled on Thursday, but it was emphasized that the flight cancellations had nothing to do with military exercises.
As of noon on Wednesday, the official website of Taoyuan Airport showed that 26 flights arriving in Taiwan on Thursday had been cancelled, including EVA BR9 departing from Vancouver, EVA BR751 departing from Shanghai Pudong, EVA BR27 departing from San Francisco, EVA BR15 departing from Los Angeles, and EVA BR852 departing from Hong Kong. In addition, 25 flights departing from Taoyuan Airport were also cancelled, including the Evergreen BR869 to Hong Kong. The airport responded that it had nothing to do with military exercises, and most of them were related to the epidemic.
In addition, Taipei Songshan Airport also had flights cancelled on Wednesday, including two flights of EVA Air BR772 and Air China CA5514, both of which were bound for Shanghai Pudong. However, Taiwanese media pointed out that the two flights have been cancelled since the closure of Shanghai, and they have nothing to do with this PLA military exercise. In response to the People’s Liberation Army military exercise, Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation held an emergency meeting on Tuesday (2nd) and Wednesday to develop a response plan.