At least 39 flights between China's Taiwan and Macao will be canceled Monday due to the typhoon Haitang, which is forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit Taiwan in five years.

Staff on duty at Macao International Airport told Xinhua through telephone that most of flights by Air Macao, Eva Airways and TransAsia to and from Taiwan will have to be canceled over the typhoon concern.

Air Macao also announced in Taibei that it would cancel all its flights Monday, according to local media reports.

Air Macao and Macao International Airport both opened the hotline telephone numbers through media for passengers to check needed information.

Macao operates daily passenger flights to and from cities of Taibei and Gaoxiong in Taiwan.

(Xinhua News Agency July 18, 2005)