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China to encourage domestic airlines to go overseas: regulator

26 May 2016 11:15:30

businessinsider.com

China will further expand air rights and improve the way it allocates international routes to domestic airlines as it tries to encourage them to participate in the international market, the country's aviation regulator said on Wednesday.


In a policy document published on its website, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said the country aimed to become a "strong civil aviation nation" by 2020 but it still faced a large number of difficulties, including insufficient safety resources and "a crude way of development".


China's increasingly affluent middle classes has rapidly boosted demand for aviation services in recent years, leading to a shortage of airports and qualified pilots.


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