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The Taiwan-Kimmon route refers to the civil aviation flights between Taiwan’s main island and Kinmen. Flight slots are tight on weekdays and demand is higher during holidays. The Constitutional Anniversary is one of the important festivals of the Republic of China, and the demand for outlying island tourism surges during the holiday.
Air tickets to Taiwan and China are hard to come by on weekdays, and air tickets to Taiwan and China will go on sale at 9 a.m. on October 19, the anniversary of the Constitution. (Photo by reporter Wu Zhengting)
The Kinmen County Government stated that in response to the three-day holiday for this year’s Constitutional Anniversary, the Civil Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Transportation has announced that reservations will be opened for flights controlled by Taiwan Financial Services at 9 a.m. today (19th). The capacity of the Taiwan-Golden Route will be 468 flights and 40,006 seats.
The county government pointed out that this year’s Constitutional Anniversary holiday will be a three-day holiday from December 25 (Friday) to December 27 (Sunday). The Civil Aviation Administration of China has also planned that December 24 (Thursday) to December 28 (Monday) will be the air transportation period. Among them, air tickets from Taiwan’s main island to the outlying islands during the peak period from December 24 to 26, and tickets from the outlying islands to Taiwan’s main island from December 26 to 28 will be marked with "limited to the same day flight" and "overdue void" usage restrictions, and a "refund fee grading system" will be implemented.
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The "refund fee grading system" means that when a passenger purchases a ticket with the aforementioned usage restrictions and needs to apply for a refund, the airline will charge refund fees of 30%, 20%, and 10% of the maximum face value respectively according to three different sections: "the day of flight departure", "1 to 6 days before", and "more than 7 days before".
The county government pointed out that the "refund fee grading system" is mainly to make more effective use of limited air transportation resources. If passengers are unable to take the original flight for some reason, they must notify the airline to cancel the reservation before the flight takes off, and go to the original ticketing office to handle the refund.
The Kinmen County Government reminds that holiday tickets to Taiwan and Taiwan will go on sale at 9 a.m. on October 19, the anniversary of the Constitutional Implementation. (Provided by Kinmen County Government)

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