China Air's weekly passenger quota on the Manila run was 5,600, while EVA's was 3,900. The seat occupancy rates for CAL and EVA were 70 % and 80 % respectively, amounting to about 3 % and 2 % of their operational volume, so neither airline was willing to reduce its number of flights.
華航目前每週可飛航中菲航線的座位數是五千六百人，長榮為三千九百人，載客率各為七成與八成，佔二公司營運的百分之三與二左右，所以兩家航空公司都不願意減班。