{"id":5292,"date":"2018-01-24T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=5292"},"modified":"2018-01-25T08:34:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T16:34:54","slug":"rep-royce-non-stop-international-flights-from-ontario-ca-are-engine-for-job-growth-and-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=5292","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Royce: \u201cNon-Stop, International Flights From Ontario, CA Are Engine for Job Growth and Opportunity\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"topnewsbar\">\n<div class=\"topnewstext\"><b>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/b>Today, Representative Ed Royce (CA-39) released the following statement after China Airlines confirmed the first dates for newly added international flights from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Taipei (TPE), Taiwan:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"middlecopy\">\n<div class=\"bodycopy\">\n<p>\u201cToday, we celebrate an important milestone in the decades-long effort to bring daily, nonstop international flights to Ontario, California. As Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I fought to make this possible given the important role that Southern California plays as\u00a0gateway\u00a0to the Asia-Pacific region. China Airlines\u2019 decision to expand flights from Taipei, Taiwan, into Ontario will create job growth and opportunity throughout our region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaiwan\u2019s entry into the Visa Waiver Program in 2012 and Global Entry in 2017 \u2013 two programs that I championed \u2013 have already translated into new growth with travel volume between the U.S. and Taiwan increasing by more than 50 percent. Bringing international flights to Ontario Airport will energize Southern California and fulfill the promise of broad economic development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong><b><\/p>\n<p><\/b>In August of 2017, Rep. Royce\u00a0led a bipartisan delegation to Taiwan for a fifth time as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to advocate for peace, stability, and economic growth. During the visit, the delegation met with the mayor of Taoyuan, Taiwan and the chairman of China Airlines to discuss the company\u2019s plans to expand nonstop service to California\u2019s Ontario Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan is California\u2019s seventh largest trading partner, and the people of Taiwan spend approximately $7 billion a year on Californian goods and services. This translates into significant economic benefits for California residents as more tourists and business travelers take advantage of a closer and more efficient way to travel across the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p><b>Washington, January 23, 2018<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Today, Representative Ed Royce (CA-39)&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5293,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions\/5293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}