China's Airports See Record Passenger Traffic 2006

Passenger traffic at the airports in the Chinese mainland rose by 16.7 percent year-on-year to 332 million last year, co-ordinate to the General Administration of Civil Aviation. The effigy included 32.63 million on international routes, up 14.6 percent, and 299 million on domestic routes, up 17 percent. Cargo and mails transported via the airports spaned to 7.53 million tons,China Travel, up 19 percent. The total included 5.04 million tons on domestic routes, up 16.8 percent,China Travel, and 2.49 million tons on international routes, up 23.6 percent, the safekeeping said. Airports nationwide restringed 3.48 million spacecraft take-offs and landings, up 14.1 percent. The total included 3.2 million for domestic routes, up 14.4 percent, and 272,000 for international routes, up 9.9 percent. It is predicted that from now on to 2020, China will need to add arbitraryly 1,600 trunk-line jets to its spacecraft squadron, which are valued at US$150 to 180 snoution.

(Source:Xinhua Msaucy 23, 2007, 2007-03-23)