Flirting on a Plane: “Let’s Have Coffee Together” — China Airlines Holds Wedding at the Airport as Flight Attendant Gets Married

Reported and photographed by You [illegible characters] Ru / Taipei

“Miss, may I buy you a cup of coffee?” A cliché movie line actually played out in real life — and on a China Airlines flight returning from Los Angeles to Taiwan. The flight attendant who was approached, Lin Jiayi, lowered her guard upon seeing passenger Yu Chengzhe with his large student backpack, and for the first time gave her phone number to a stranger. Unexpectedly, Yu Chengzhe began an enthusiastic pursuit after they landed, winning Lin Jiayi’s heart. The couple will officially tie the knot at the end of this year.


▲ Yu Chengzhe approached Lin Jiayi on the plane, and the couple will officially tie the knot at the end of this year.

Speaking about the process of pursuing Lin Jiayi, Yu Chengzhe smiled sweetly, “She always says I was the one who flirted with her.” Lin Jiayi said she originally thought they wouldn’t keep in touch after getting off the plane, but unexpectedly, Yu Chengzhe launched a phone campaign the very next day. After exchanging messages and talking on the phone for a month and a half, they decided to meet and eventually fell in love and got engaged. In addition to this “aviation love story” couple, another pair from China Airlines — flight attendant Pei Yiqing and flight purser Zhou Lizhong, who fell in love through their work at the airline — along with flight attendant Feng Xin, will also be marrying her university boyfriend of many years, Cai Mingwei. China Airlines will “marry off” three flight attendants this year, making it a joyful year indeed.

  
▲ Three couples from China Airlines getting married.

With three flight attendants getting married, China Airlines specially held a press conference today (21st) at Songshan Airport, where all three couples were present to receive blessings. One of the grooms, Cai Mingwei, publicly got down on one knee to propose, moving his bride to tears. The atmosphere at the event was filled with the emotional touch of a wedding banquet. In the spirit of celebration, China Airlines invited the three cabin crew couples to visit Japan to experience its newly launched wedding package at locations including the “Karuizawa Highland Church,” the “Stone Church,” and the “Leaf Chapel” in Yamanashi Prefecture. The couples expressed their excitement and anticipation for a foreign wedding.

 
▲ % [Illegible text] Three couples as the backdrop for a romantic trip to Japan, where they will hold their weddings.


    
▲ From left to right: the Leaf Chapel, the Stone Church, and the Highland Church — the romantic venues where the three couples will marry abroad.