China Airlines launches Taiwan-Thailand direct route

China Airlines (CAL) has launched direct services between Taoyuan, Taiwan and Chiang Mai, Thailand. The airline had originally planned to launch the route in June 2020 and then again in October 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to delay its plans. The airline intends to use the recently delivered A321neo on the new route, four times weekly. The airline claims that the new route will give CAL passengers more choices to the Southeast Asian country, in addition to the airline’s 18 weekly flights between Taoyuan and Bangkok and five weekly flights on the Kaohsiung-Bangkok route. The Taoyuan-Chiang Mai route