Airline issues special boarding passes for China deity statues cross-strait religious visit


Xiamen Airline’s flight attendants made sure the statues “enjoyed” their trip to the full. - Handout/The South China Morning Post

XIAMEN: Two statues of Mazu, or the “Goddess of the Sea” have been flown from Xiamen to Taiwan after the airline issued a special boarding pass under the name “Lin Mo,” to denote a cultural exchange between the two places.

On March 29, the statues boarded Xiamen Airlines flight MF881 and departed from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport in southeastern China for Taiwan.

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