China's airline industry made combined profits of Yn480m in the first eight months of this year, reported China Daily. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said that passenger traffic had grown 11 per cent yearon- year, showing that the public's confidence in air travel had not been dampened by last year's terrorist attacks on the […]
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A China Northern Airlines plane crash in May that killed 112 people could have been caused by sabotage, an airline official told Agence-France Presse. "Our official analysis is based on the fact that it wasn't a technical problem with the airplane and it wasn't the pilot's fault," he said. Other sources said that an explosion […]
A Yn10bn expansion project at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport will start next year, confirmed the Shanghai Airport Authority. The facility will be expanded and a second runway and a new terminal building added. The airport is home to both China Eastern and Shanghai Airlines and is designed to accommodate four runways and handle 80m passengers […]
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Plaza opens in Beijing
The Plaza Hotel in Beijing, managed by Hoi Tak International, opened for business in September. The 218-room hotel claims to offer four-star facilities and is situated in the southeast part of the city, near Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone. It is offering a special rate of Yn658 per night for single occupancy until the […]
The Shangri-La Dingshan has achieved ascendancy in Nanjing's hotel market, a little over a year after the Shangri-La group took over its management, according to the property's general manager Kieran Twomey. The hotel has recently achieved occupancy levels of around 75 per cent, he said, 10 per cent higher than the city average. The Dingshan […]