On April 2, a China Eastern flight left Shanghai for Taipei, kicking off a series of seasonal cross-strait charter flights for the traditional Chinese tomb-sweeping festival, or Qingming Festival.

Nearly 150 passengers were on board the flight, mostly people from Taiwan who work in Shanghai. The cross-strait charter flight scheme for the Qingming festival began last year.

This year, 21 two-way charter flights are scheduled to fly between the mainland and Taiwan.