From January to September, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has carried 56.762 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 10.7 percent from a year before, reaching the highest standard in recent years, eastday.com reported today.

More people prefer to go out by plane and the previous dear plane consumption became popular for the public. According to the statistics of CAAC, the transportation turnover of CAAC reached 10.55 billion ton-kilometers from January to September, 11.7 percent higher than the same period last year. It has completed 1.249 million tons of postal goods transportation, increasing 7.5 percent from a year before.

The booming civil aviation market in China was benefited from the better safety credit standing of the Chinese civil aviation industry, said an expert. CAAC kept strengthening its safety this year, and conducting restructure task, enhanced service quality and expanded market, the expert said.

(eastday 10/18/2001)