--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

Fleet to See 800 More Regional Airplanes by 2025

Small jets flying regional routes are expected to account for a third of China's total aviation fleet in 20 years to meet surging demand, a research centre said yesterday.

By 2025, civil air operators are projected to have added 800 regional jets, half of them 60-100-seaters, the Aviation Industry Development Research Centre of China said in its annual market forecast.

As the country's economy continues to thrive, air travel between large and small cities and among medium-sized cities will become more frequent, calling for the deployment of more aircraft, said Wang Boxue, a senior researcher with the centre.

Air travel increased by 35.2 per cent year on year to reach 23 billion ton-kilometres in 2004, the third largest volume in the world. In the next two decades the yearly growth rate is forecast to run at 8.4 per cent, according to Wang.

To match this trend and support the national strategy of developing the western regions and revitalizing Northeast China, the country will have to build a series of small and medium-sized airports, he said.

Most flights connect cities in the affluent east. The less developed west, particularly Southwest China, where development and tourist opportunities are abundant, will become the fastest-growing air market in the future, Wang said.

In five years, the number of airports on the Chinese mainland will rise from 137 to 200, and further increase to 250 by 2020, according to the centre's projections.

Turbo-fan regional jets have an advantage operating in the point-to-point market that will be created by the new airports, Wang said. Since new air routes do not usually have stable passenger bases, using larger jets would undoubtedly lead to both a low flight frequency and occupation rate.

Turbo-fan regional aircraft allow air carriers to achieve an acceptable occupation rate and reduce operational risks, Wang said.

Smaller aircraft will also be increasingly used to replace larger jets operated by major airlines on less popular routes, as air companies are desperate to improve business performance.

Only 26 per cent of China's air routes averaged two or more flights each day in 2004, and 59 per cent had an average of less than one flight a day, according to statistics from the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China.

Despite the low flight frequency and passenger flow, planes with at least 100 seats were used on 71 per cent of these routes, the sources said.

"It will be more economical for the airlines to switch to regional jets with fewer than 100 seats, which can lead to increased flight frequency and occupancy rate, thus giving the companies an edge," Wang said.

Passengers will prefer turbo-fan regional jets with 60-100 seats to 50-seater aircraft, he said.

As in other developed air markets, regional jets will play an important role in extending the geographic reach of major airline hubs and augmenting larger airplane operations in off-peak hours, he said.

Regional aviation last year accounted for 9.8 per cent of the country's total passenger flow, according to Wang.

(China Daily September 27, 2005)

1,227 Airplanes and 132 Airports Operate in China
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688
主站蜘蛛池模板: 午夜在线社区视频| 88av免费观看| 蜜中蜜3在线观看视频| 日本卡一卡2卡三卡4卡无卡| 免费黄色网址网站| 婷婷丁香六月天| 好紧好爽好大好深在快点视频| 亚洲av永久综合在线观看尤物| 精品精品国产高清a级毛片| 国产精品对白刺激久久久| 中文字幕激情视频| 欧美日韩在线免费| 又粗又大又黄又硬又爽毛片| 怡红院色视频在线| 成人爽a毛片在线视频| 亚洲一区二区三区国产精华液| 精品午夜福利1000在线观看| 国产日产卡一卡二乱码| a级黄色一级片| 日本h在线精品免费观看| 亚洲成a人片在线观看久| 精品国产乱码久久久久久浪潮 | 青青草国产三级精品三级| 国产视频999| 一本伊大人香蕉高清在线观看| 日韩美女视频网站| 亚洲精品视频在线播放| 色94色欧美sute亚洲线| 国产精品igao视频| a级在线免费观看| 日本a∨在线观看| 久久福利视频导航| 欧美成视频无需播放器| 动漫美女人物被黄漫小说| 高清国产激情视频在线观看| 国产自无码视频在线观看| 一本到在线观看视频| 成人免费黄网站| 久久国产精品视频| 欧美大黑帍在线播放| 你懂的国产高清在线播放视频|