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    ECONOMY

    Jan 16, 2020 4 minutes

    Civil Aviation

    The civil aviation industry posted steady growth in 2019, reporting an expanded size and improved service quality, according to China’s civil aviation regulator.

    The industry conducted 660 million passenger trips in 2019, up 7.9 percent year on year, said Feng Zhenglin, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), at a conference on January 6.

    Total transport turnover of the sector was 129.3 billion ton-km, with cargo and mail volume hitting 7.53 million tons, up 7.1 percent and 1.9 percent year on year, respectively.

    The country’s aviation sector saw an unprecedented transformation, adding 9,275 km of air routes and increasing the number of transport airports to 238, according to the CAAC.

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