China last year moved the M503 route closer to the median line, drawing a similarly angry response from Taipei, which says any changes to the flight route and its extensions must be communicated in advance and agreed by both sides.
The median line had for years served as an unofficial barrier between Chinese-claimed Taiwan and China, but China says it does not recognise its existence and Chinese warplanes now regularly fly over it as Beijing seeks to pressure Taipei to accept its sovereignty claims.
Taiwan’s China policy-making Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement to Reuters that mainland China “used unilateral actions to change the status quo and increase cross-strait and regional unrest.”
This measure is aimed at “ensuring flight safety, reducing flight delays, and protecting the rights and interests of passengers,“ China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said.
Taipei disputed the explanation as “unjustified”, saying “the number of international air travellers on the mainland has not yet recovered” to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
Taiwan, facing ramped-up military pressure from China, which considers the separately governed island as its own, begins its Han Kuang exercises on July 9 and they are set to last for 10 days.
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