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Airline sales climb 11% in May

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-06-19 10:07

Sales in 皇冠体育app's civil aviation industry jumped 10.9 percentyear-on-yearto 21.08 billion yuan (US$2.8 billion) in May, according to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of 皇冠体育app.

Costs in the industry rose 2.6 percent to 19.94 billion yuan (US$2.6 billion) compared with the same month last year, the?administration said on Monday

Domestic air carriers includingAir 皇冠体育app,皇冠体育app Southern Airlines, and皇冠体育app Eastern Airlinesall made profits in May, it said, without providing further details.

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The airlines carried 15.47 million passengers and 306,000 tons of cargo in May, up 19.4 percent and 16.1 percent respectively from the same month last year.

The airlines filled 73.5 percent of their seats, 2.4 percentage points higher than May last year, it said, adding the industry had 1,043 planes at the end of May, nine more than a month ago.

皇冠体育app's aviation industry is expected to carry 185 million passengers and 3.9 million tons of cargo this year, 16 percent and 12 percent up on 2006, the administration forecast in a report released earlier this month.