Taiwan government agreed to allow Taiwanese airlines to seek permission from China to overfly Chinese airspace to save on fuel costs. In 2003, China offered to allow Taiwanese carriers to use its airspace but the Taiwan government declined. In a further softening of the Taiwanese hard line, the government agreed to allow its airlines to start negotiations on direct charter and cargo flights between the countries. Singapore and Sri Lanka finally formally signed an open skies agreement that ...
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