Civil Aviation Transportation Accomplished a Large Growth in 1st Half Year

China civil aviation transportation had accomplished a large growth in the 1st half of the year. The total transportation turnaround, passenger throughput and cargo-mail volume were 25.38 billion ton-km, 126 million persons and 2.641 million tons respectively; a year-on-year increase of 31.7%, 17.6% and 38.6%. Li Jiaxiang, Minister of CAAC, reported the transportation situation of the 1st half year at the Mid-year Civil Aviation Work Conference held on July 13, 2010. At the same time where passenger and cargo transportation attained a double-digit growth, civil aviation safety had a positively stable development. The whole industry had completed 2.438 million hours of flight, an increase of 15.7% from last year, without flying or air defense incident. Li Jiaxiang expressed that the construction of infrastructures was also carried out steadily. The whole industry had furnished a fixed capital investment of approximately 17 billion Yuan, a 19.7% increase than last year’s. Twenty five major construction projects were progressing smoothly; moreover, Shanghai Hong Qiao Airport’s expansion and new Alikunsha Airport had completed for official operation.