Taiwan's EVA Air to cancel over 600 flights due to strike

TAIPEI, June 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 640 flights will be canceled from Sunday to next Friday due to an ongoing strike against Taiwan airliner EVA Air, which is expected to affect over 100,000 passengers, the airliner said.

The flight attendants' union announced the strike Thursday after the two sides failed to agree on a per diem allowance.

As of Saturday, more than 200 flights had been canceled, affecting over 40,000 passengers.

The airliner said it will try the best to help arrange flight seats for passengers or help them transfer to flights of other airliners.