Under these circumstances, the new air pact established early on that the current two companies (in Taiwan, China Airlines, and in Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific, part of the Swire Group) would be increased to four companies.
新航約在此情況下，早已敲定將由目前的兩家（台灣是中華航空，香港則是英資太古集團旗下的國泰航空）增加到四家。