The charter flights between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan for the traditional Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year that falls on Jan. 29,? fulfilled passengers flow peak Friday, one day before the Spring Festival eve.??

Twelve mainland and Taiwan civil aviation companies have flied 34 round-trip flights between mainland's Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen and Taiwan's Taipei and Kaohsiung since the peak period began on Wednesday.

Thirteen flights were operated on Friday alone, with six taking off or landing in Shanghai, three in Beijing and Guangzhou each and one in Xiamen.??

Round-trip flights will leave only one flight from Taipei to Xiamen on Saturday prior to the Spring Festival.??

This year's cross-strait Spring Festival charter flights began on Jan. 20 with a flight with 298 passengers aboard landing in Shanghai from Taipei. Six airline companies from each side are scheduled to fly 72 flights between Taiwan and the mainland around the holiday.

(Xinhua News Agency January 28, 2006)