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China Airlines will begin offering the first scheduled flights from Phoenix to Asia starting December 3.
Initially planned with a layover, the route from Phoenix to Taipei will now be nonstop in both directions.
The Taiwanese carrier will operate flights three days a week using an Airbus A350-900 aircraft.
China Airlines is two and a half months from flying the first scheduled flight to Taiwan from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in December.
And now, it will get there without making a stop.
When China Airlines' route was announced in July , flights from Taiwan to Phoenix were nonstop, but not flights from Phoenix to Taiwan, which would require a layover in Los Angeles.
On Sept. 18, the airline's website was updated with nonstop, round-trip service,