Xiamen Airlines stewardesses greet passengers at the airport in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, on February 4, 2008.

Two cross-strait charter flights took off from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport on February 4, 2008, heading for Taipei and Kaohsiung.

All of the seats were taken in the planes which flew the first Taiwan-bound flights from Xiamen this year.

Three other mainland cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, also have such flights.