The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said on Thursday it had accepted Taiwan-based China Airlines' offer to freight relief materials to quake-hit regions in Sichuan.

The chartered flight was expected to leave Taipei at 5:00?PM on Thursday, arrive at the Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu at 8:30?PM and return on Friday.

The relief materials it carried would be donated to the China Charity Federation and the Red Cross Society of China's Sichuan Branch, said the CAAC.

(Xinhua News Agency May 15, 2008)