Chinese airlines are flying high
By Xin Dingding | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2009-04-09 07:39
Chinese airlines made an estimated 800-million-yuan ($116 million) profit in the first quarter thanks to a rebound in domestic travel and the government's supporting measures, the civil aviation head Li Jiaxiang said yesterday.
The domestic market saw a double-digit growth in passenger volume during the period, up 17.9 percent on the same period last year, Li, chief of the Civil Aviation Administration of 皇冠体育app (CAAC), told the 2009 皇冠体育app-US Aviation Symposium, which ends today.
The symposium promotes a high-level dialogue between the two countries to address challenges to the growth of the aviation sector.
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