Qantas plans to change Taiwan website reference, but says needs time
Qantas Airways said it plans to change its website to refer to Taiwan as a Chinese territory, not an independent nation, but that it needed extra time to comply with the request from Beijing. China's aviation regulator in April gave 3 dozen airlines a May 25 deadline to remove references on their websites or in other material that suggest Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are part of countries independent from China, a move described by White House as "Orwellian nonsense". Qantas and some other airlines had requested at the time for an extension to decide how they would respond to the request. The CE of Qantas' international unit, Alison Webster, said the decision was not influenced by Qantas' partnership with China Eastern Airlines. "I don't think the relationship makes any difference to how we review our response," Webster said. <br/>
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Qantas plans to change Taiwan website reference, but says needs time
Qantas Airways said it plans to change its website to refer to Taiwan as a Chinese territory, not an independent nation, but that it needed extra time to comply with the request from Beijing. China's aviation regulator in April gave 3 dozen airlines a May 25 deadline to remove references on their websites or in other material that suggest Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are part of countries independent from China, a move described by White House as "Orwellian nonsense". Qantas and some other airlines had requested at the time for an extension to decide how they would respond to the request. The CE of Qantas' international unit, Alison Webster, said the decision was not influenced by Qantas' partnership with China Eastern Airlines. "I don't think the relationship makes any difference to how we review our response," Webster said. <br/>
