The gradual restoration of air traffic is fixed in the airspace around Taiwanas reported yesterday, on Monday, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the island, despite the fact that China Later, new military exercises were announced in the region.

Last week, Beijing deployed a large number of warplanes and fired missiles near the island as part of a military exercise prompted by a Democratic Party visit to Taipei. Nancy PelosiSpeaker of the US House of Representatives.

The exercise forced some airlines to cancel flights to Taipei and reroute flights between Southeast and Northeast Asia to avoid escalating tensions between China and Taiwan in the region.

Beijing has issued Special Notices to Aircrews (NOTAMs) temporarily declaring certain areas unsafe to fly so civil aviation aircraft can avoid them during Chinese exercises. These areas are located around Taiwan. The final NOTAM covered the airspace east of Taiwan and expired yesterday at 05:00 Greek time without renewal.

The Chinese military yesterday announced new military exercises in the sea and airspace around Taiwan, without specifying the exact area for the exercise, and no new NOTAMs have been issued.

Taiwan’s transport ministry said earlier that most scheduled flights to and from the island continued during Chinese military exercises that began on Aug. 4, with about 150 departures and arrivals daily.

The number of flights passing through the airspace of the region and operated by local air traffic authorities is gradually leveling out after the cancellation of the last NOTAM, the same ministry said on its website.

Some foreign airlines that normally use the airspace preferred to fly from alternate flight paths, middle airspace zones administered by Japan and the Philippines, during military exercises, the same ministry announced last week.

Korean Air Lines Co Ltd canceled flights to Taipei on Friday and Saturday, rerouting other flights to avoid the area of ​​tension. Yesterday he announced that he had begun to restore the flight schedule.

Philippine Airlines has announced that it will return to operating flights to and from Taipei after using alternative flight routes during the last four days of the military exercise.

Both airlines said they had not made any changes to their flight schedules since China’s latest announcement.

“However, we stand ready to make adjustments to our flights to Taipei if necessary,” said Stanley Angie, president of Philippine Airlines.

Japan’s ANA Holdings Inc said it was operating its flight schedule as normal despite China’s new announcement as no new NOTAMs were issued.

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters}