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Article: New Air China broadens aviation business
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 28, 2002
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New Air China broadens aviation business
BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A brand new and bigger Air China was
launched in Beijing on Monday. At 12:30, its flight CA 1901 flew on
a new route from Beijing to Urumchi for the first time. Air China
aims to become the top airline in Asia and even the world, according
to company president Li Jiaxiang. Turnover this year was tipped to
be 25 billion yuan (3 billion US dollars), he said .
The biggest company under the newly regrouped China National
Aviation Holding Company (CNAH), Air China will be in charge of
aviation transport and related business.
Air China now owns 118 aircraft, 307 air routes and makes over
3,000 regular flights per ...