Taiwanese airlines, already experiencing dramatically shrinking passenger traffic on routes to mainland China, are now being forced to turn their attention to South Korea and Japan, where they are being forced to offer lower fares to capture market share. In fact, the Taiwanese Civil Aeronautics Administration figures show that year on year there has been a 40% increase in the number of flights between Taiwan and Japan, while during the same period there has been a 30% fall in average fares. China Airlines (CAL) has increased its weekly flights between Taipei and Seoul in South Korea from 70 in summer

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