Any chance for a TLV-TPE flight?
Dec 2, 2019, 1:54 am
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Any chance for a TLV-TPE flight?
I'm currently in Taiwan (amazing food btw, but I digress!) and was randomly thinking - why are there no nonstops between Israel and here?
It would seem like a decent route choice - both Israel and Taiwan are prosperous, tech-heavy countries with lots of trade. Does anyone know if LY or another airline has looked into this at all? There are obviously nonstops between TLV and HKG, but I think Taiwan actually has more of a tech presence than Hong Kong, which afaik is mostly finance.
Thoughts? Is this a crazy idea?
It would seem like a decent route choice - both Israel and Taiwan are prosperous, tech-heavy countries with lots of trade. Does anyone know if LY or another airline has looked into this at all? There are obviously nonstops between TLV and HKG, but I think Taiwan actually has more of a tech presence than Hong Kong, which afaik is mostly finance.
Thoughts? Is this a crazy idea?
Dec 6, 2019, 7:16 am
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There may be a tech presence but is there enough traffic in both classes to justify a regular frequency? There is in SFO, as a lot of techs there have subsidiaries and outposts in Israel [ and btw, probably not enough to support LY and UA, and UA will win that one..], is that true in TPE too?
Dec 9, 2019, 4:19 am
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There may be a tech presence but is there enough traffic in both classes to justify a regular frequency? There is in SFO, as a lot of techs there have subsidiaries and outposts in Israel [ and btw, probably not enough to support LY and UA, and UA will win that one..], is that true in TPE too?
For what it's worth, I did overhear several Hebrew conversations during my time in Taipei. Just a data point
Dec 10, 2019, 6:20 pm
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