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Viewing cable 07TAIPEI1095, HIGH-SPEED RAIL EARLY IMPACT ON TAIWAN AIRLINES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07TAIPEI1095 2007-05-16 03:22 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXRO6345
RR RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHVC
DE RUEHIN #1095/01 1360322
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 160322Z MAY 07
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5264
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 3689
RUEHGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE 6895
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 8762
RHMCSUU/FAA NATIONAL HQ WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RULSDMK/DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TAIPEI 001095 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/TC 
SINGAPORE AND TOKYO FOR FAA 
BANGKOK FOR TSA 
COMMERCE FOR 3132/USFCS/OIO/EAP/WZARIT 
COMMERCE FOR 4431/ITA/MAC/AP/OPB/TAIWAN/MCHOI 
TREASURY FOR OASIA/LMOGHTADER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR ELTN ECON TW
SUBJECT: HIGH-SPEED RAIL EARLY IMPACT ON TAIWAN AIRLINES 
 
REF: A. 06 TAIPEI 4112 
 
     B. 06 TAIPEI 3473 
     C. 06 TAIPEI 3446 
     D. 06 TAIPEI 3414 
 
1. (U) Summary: In the first four months of operation, 
Taiwan's high-speed rail has already reduced passenger 
loads on Taiwan's domestic air routes by 25 percent.  To 
cope with declining passenger volumes, Taiwan's small 
carriers have cancelled routes, reduced fares, and 
entered a new cooperative arrangement.  As the high-speed 
rail continues to expand service, some of Taiwan's 
airlines may not survive.  End summary. 
 
Impact on Transportation Market 
------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) Taiwan's high-speed rail, which has been in 
operation since January 5, is already hurting Taiwan's 
struggling local airlines.  TransAsia Airways Chairman 
Tony Fan complained to us that for the last several 
years, passenger load factors on Taiwan domestic flights 
were already declining at a rate of about 10 percent per 
year.  He explained that since the high-speed rail became 
operational, load factors on Taiwan west coast routes had 
dropped by an additional 25 percent.  These routes 
account for about 50 percent of revenue for domestic 
carriers, he said.  Mandarin Airlines President Harris 
Wang told us that the passenger load factor on Mandarin's 
Taipei-Kaohsiung flights had fallen from 75 percent to 
below 55 percent.  Taiwan's Council for Economic Planning 
and Development issued a report that indicated the 
passenger load factor on Taipei-Taichung routes fell from 
37 percent to 25 percent.  The load factor for the 
Taipei-Chiayi route fell from 63 percent to 46 percent. 
 
3. (U) Other transportation service providers have not 
been as strongly affected by the high-speed rail.  The 
number of passengers on Taiwan's existing railway system 
dropped by 6.9 percent from December 2006 to February 
2007.  Total passengers on intercity bus lines have 
dropped only slightly, but bus companies have complained 
that revenue on Taipei-Kaohsiung routes have dropped by 
as much as one third. 
 
Airlines Try to Cope 
-------------------- 
 
4. (U) Taiwan's local airlines have adopted several 
different strategies to cope with the decline in 
passenger volumes.  Mandarin is eliminating some of its 
least profitable routes.  It has already stopped Taipei- 
Taichung service.  In addition it plans to cancel 
Taichung-Taitung and Taichung-Pingdong routes.  At the 
same time, it continues to develop Taichung as a hub for 
service to international destinations including Hong 
Kong, Hon Chi Minh City and Macao. 
 
5. (SBU) The local airlines have also cut fares on routes 
that compete with the high-speed rail.  According to 
Mandarin's Wang, the new fares are only NT$150 (about 
US$5) more expensive than tickets on the high-speed rail. 
He said the reduced fares had attracted about 20 percent 
of lost passengers back to the airline.  However, 
TransAsia's Fan noted that the lower fares had further 
decreased total revenue on the routes. 
 
6. (U) In addition, the four domestic carriers (Mandarin, 
TransAsia, Far Eastern Air Transport and Uni Airways) 
have implemented a new cooperative arrangement on Taipei- 
Kaohsiung flights.  A passenger who buys a ticket with 
one airline can take any Taipei-Kaohsiung flight offered 
by the four.  The four carriers are also coordinating 
their schedules both to make them more convenient to 
passengers and to cut costs. 
 
TAIPEI 00001095  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
Worst is yet to Come 
-------------------- 
 
7. (SBU) The airlines expect further disruption of the 
local market.  Trans Asia's Fan pointed out that the 
high-speed rail is not yet operating at full capacity. 
Currently, it operates 19 trains per day.  It will 
increase daily service to 39 trains before the end of the 
year and eventually run 78 trains per day.  Fan believes 
that not all of the local airlines will be able to 
survive once the high-speed rail expands to full service. 
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