TAIPEI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan media and business people on Saturday welcomed the new weekend charter flights carrying mainland tourists as good news for ties across the Taiwan Strait and for the economy.

    The event made headlines such as "We have been waiting for this moment for 60 years!", "Spring time for Taiwan aviation industry, "and "a day trip across the Strait".

    Taiwan's United Daily News devoted three full pages to the flights with stories headlined "Soybean milk at Yonghe (a popular Taiwan fast food chain store) for breakfast and steamed buns for lunch in Shanghai," "No more transfers and win your afternoon back". One of stories, titled "A business trip to Shanghai in one day", described how the charter flights could change a Taiwan business person's life.

    A commentary by writer Yang Du in the same newspaper said charter flights and ma...

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