Tseng Yee-lun (2nd L), a Shenzhen Airlines air hostess from southeast China's Taiwan, gestures as passengers board the plane at the Shenzhen Airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, December 15, 2008. A Shenzhen Airlines flight took off from the Shenzhen Airport for Taiwan at 7:20 Beijing Time (2320 GMT December 14), the first when the Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal services on Monday morning.

Working staff wave to the plane leaving for southeast China's Taiwan, at the airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 15, 2008. The Shenzhen Airlines flight took off from the Shenzhen Airport for Taiwan at 7:20 Beijing Time (2320 GMT December 14), the first when the Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal services on Monday morning.

Working staff help a passenger (2nd R) from southeast China's Taiwan, board the plane at the Shenzhen Airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, December 15, 2008. A Shenzhen Airlines flight took off from the Shenzhen Airport for Taiwan at 7:20 Beijing Time (2320 GMT December 14), the first when the Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal services on Monday morning.