CAA to bar Far Eastern Air Transport access to cross-strait routes

Far Eastern Air Transport could be temporarily barred from access to new cross-strait routes by the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) following a series of incidents last month that exposed safety issues with the airline. Following a CAA inspection of the airline from May 2 to May 8, the body decided to “temporarily freeze the expansion of the airline’s business and restrict the number of charter flights and cross-strait flights it can offer.” The freeze will take effect from Saturday, with the airline limited to offering no more than five cross-strait charter flights per month and prevent the company from accessing