The Chinese mainland has opened extra flights to facilitate travel across the Taiwan Strait during the Spring Festival travel rush, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.

　　大陆一名方言人在周三称：中国大陆在春节春运高峰期间增加了横跨台湾海峡的航班来促进海峡两岸之间的交通

　　The mainland's Xiamen Airlines has added 110 extra flights from multiple cities on the mainland to Taiwan's Taipei and Kaohsiung, adding transport capacity for over 10,000 passengers, said Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office.

　　国务院台湾事务办公室发言人马晓光称：大陆厦门航空公司在中国各大城市和台湾的台北以及高雄之间增加了110多条航班，乘客量增加了10000人次

　　Xiamen Airlines is based in Xiamen, Fujian Province, which faces Taiwan across the Strait.

　　厦门航空总部坐落在福建省厦门市，海峡对面即是台湾

　　Fujian Province is an important transit for compatriots from Taiwan living on the mainland to return home, Ma said, adding that the maritime traffic volume between Fujian and Taiwan was expected to reach 220,000 during the travel rush, up 3 percent year on year.

　　马晓光称：福建省是在大陆生活的台湾同胞返乡的重要转乘点，另外福建和台湾之间的海运游客量高峰期将会达到220000人次，年增长率为3%

　　Ma added that Fujian had also adopted other measures including online ticket booking and more convenient transfers between land and sea transport.

　　马晓光补充道：福建省还采用了其他的方式例如在线订票和更快捷的海运和陆运的交通方式

艾德教育雅思阅读双译：厦门航空春运高峰期间增加还想两岸之间的航班【哈尔滨雅思】