FAT MD80 stored on the tarmac.


Early morning at Songshan. China Airlines A333 parked on the remote stand.


Reached our ATR72 prop B-22811. It is the 2nd newest ATR72 in TransAsia's fleet and is delivered in 2007.


Another view of our plane.


Boarding. I was one of the last to board so that I can enjoy my photo taking on the tarmac. No ground staff stopped us from snapping shots on the tarmac.


Passengers settles down very quickly and the crew immediately prepared the plane for departure. There were 3 cabin crew onboard today, including a trainee crew. Most of the other passengers on the flight this morning were businessmen flying to Hualien for a day of work, judging by the suits and briefcases. Newspapers were also offered at the door. Crew also did a newspaper run down the aisle. Flight time was scheduled to be 35min but the actual flying time was a mere 20mins at most.


Seat pitch was actually rather good.


Contents in seat pocket. Inflight magazine, duty-free mag, safety card and 1 more magazine which I forgot what it was. Quite a lot of stuff for a domestic flight I must say. Even onboard shopping is offered on this short flight!


Cabin view towards the front.


Doors were closed, engines started and cabin crew performed a manual safety demo. No time wasted here! We then had a fast taxi to Rwy10.



There was no wait and we immediately took off after turning onto the runway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAGTvzYgZbk


We initially passed through thick clouds but the clouds cleared shortly after. Beautiful scenery of outer Taipei after takeoff.



Service announcement by the crew after takeoff. It was a very long announcement!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVPE2kX3YMk


Followed shortly by the pilot announcement. We would only be flying at 10,000ft today!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHpUNUGiTJU


Flying along the beautiful east coast of Taiwan.