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China : China to build 70 new airports by 2015
Publish Date : 12-Jun-2012
China will build 70 new airports within the next three years, the head of the country\'s aviation watchdog said on Monday, as part of ambitious expansion plans in the industry despite an economic slowdown.
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) chief Li Jiaxiang also reiterated pledges that carriers would buy on average more than 300 planes a year from 2011 to 2015 the country\'s current five-year economic plan.
\"China plans to build 70 new airports in the next few years and to expand 100 existing airports,\" he told delegates in Beijing at the annual general meeting of global airline industry group IATA.
He added that the number of airports would reach more than 230 by the end of 2015, and that Chinese carriers would operate around 4,700 planes by then.
