{"id":3068,"date":"2022-09-27T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2022-09-29T06:28:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T10:28:57","slug":"taiwan-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/taiwan-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Ops to Taiwan? You&#8217;ll have to avoid China"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Can I fly between China and Taiwan?<\/li>\n<li>If I make a stop in Hong Kong, is that ok?<\/li>\n<li>What about overflights?<\/li>\n<li>Can I overfly China to get to Taiwan?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s a <strong>boring answer<\/strong> to these questions, and there&#8217;s a <strong>fun answer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>The Fun Answer<\/h4>\n<p>OPSGROUP members have all the fun &#8211; you guys get to play the game. We tested it out and managed to find the &#8216;cheat mode&#8217;, so we left the screen open for you. You can download this (along with all the other Opsicles we&#8217;ve made) via your Dashboard <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/dashboard\/category\/briefings\/guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19966\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/dashboard\/category\/briefings\/guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19966\" class=\"wp-image-19966\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Escape-From-Taiwan-Opsicle-V2-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Escape-From-Taiwan-Opsicle-V2-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Escape-From-Taiwan-Opsicle-V2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Escape-From-Taiwan-Opsicle-V2-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Escape-From-Taiwan-Opsicle-V2-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Escape-From-Taiwan-Opsicle-V2-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Escape-From-Taiwan-Opsicle-V2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OPSGROUP members: Click to download PDF.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>The Boring Answer<\/h4>\n<p>You can&#8217;t fly between China and Taiwan in a foreign-registered aircraft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Chinese authorities are reluctant to provide any kind of official document stating any of this &#8211; we haven\u2019t been able to find any precise wording anywhere in their AIP which states these restrictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">To test the theory, we applied to the Chinese authorities for a landing permit for a direct flight from Taiwan to China. After we applied, we received an immediate call from CAAC emphasising that they <strong>will not deal with such applications<\/strong> for foreign registered aircraft. They advised they will not process this application and <strong>verbally rejected it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Chinese authorities circulate an official document to Chinese handling agents about this issue, which sets out the rules quite clearly. For some reason, they don\u2019t like these to be distributed outside of China\u2026 so naturally, we got our hands on a translated copy:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3070\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/China-Taiwan-flights-1024x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/China-Taiwan-flights-1024x253.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/China-Taiwan-flights-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/China-Taiwan-flights-768x190.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/China-Taiwan-flights-676x167.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, to summarize:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Foreign-registered aircraft are prohibited from operating direct between China and Taiwan. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>You&#8217;ve got to make a tech stop somewhere between the two countries &#8211; most choose to do so in either VHHH\/Hong Kong or VMMC\/Macau. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Importantly, the same rules apply for China overflights &#8211; if you\u2019re flying to Taiwan from any third country, you can\u2019t overfly China. China allow some airline flights to Taiwan to overfly China, then the Hong Kong FIR. But they don&#8217;t allow non-sched and private flights to do this.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Only Chinese and Taiwanese registered aircraft\u00a0are\u00a0able to operate direct between China and Taiwan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s one more scenario that is apparently also not allowed:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>You can&#8217;t<\/strong>\u00a0<b>overfly both China and Taiwan and then land in a third country.\u00a0<\/b>For example: you&#8217;re departing from RPLL\/Manilla in the Philippines, then overflying Taiwan (RCAA FIR), then overflying China (ZSHA FIR), and then landing in a third country like RKSI\/Seoul in South Korea &#8211; according to the Chinese authorities, <strong>this is not allowed<\/strong>, and they won&#8217;t issue an overflight permit!<\/p>\n<h4>Further reading:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>For some general <strong>top tips on ops to China<\/strong>, check <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/top-tips-on-china-ops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you know about the <strong>hidden permit costs<\/strong> of operating to China <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/the-hidden-costs-of-operating-to-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read about the latest goings on in the <strong>South China Sea<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/we-need-to-talk-about-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>OPSGROUP members can download a <strong>Himalayan Routing Guide<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/dashboard\/category\/briefings\/guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I fly between China and Taiwan? 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