This updated version of Access Asia’s Airlines in China comes at a timely point in the development of China’s aviation industry.
Until the 1980s civil airline services in China were controlled by the military. However, since responsibility was turned over to the CAAC, the market for passenger services and airlines in China has boomed. This boom has been driven by growing internal demand for flight services, relaxed restrictions on international trade, a growing tourism industry and the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997. As the number of airlines has grown so China has become a major market for the aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus. Leading airlines such as Cathay Pacific, Dragonair and China Southern Airlines are listed on the stock market and revenues have grown annually along with passenger numbers, cargo tonnage and routes. In tandem with this growth has gone the further development of China’s aviation infrastructure with new airports under construction and existing ones being expanded. Growth is virtually assured as the Chinese government has pledged to double the 1994 passenger and cargo totals by 2000 as part of the current Ninth Five Year Plan. China’s domestic airline industry stands in stark contrast to the rest of the Asian players. As airlines such as Singapore Air and Thai find themselves struggling in the new economic reality, China’s skies are becoming ever more crowded with a growing number of airlines. The current situation leaves China as the most dynamic passenger airline market in Asia at present. Projections of tourist numbers and new aircraft purchases indicate that China will be a major international passenger airline market by any international standard by early in the twenty-first century.

TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7 1.1 Market Definition 7 1.2 Research Highlights 7 1.3 Market Analysis 8 CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9 CHAPTER 3 Market Volume 10 CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation 11 CHAPTER 5 Competitive Landscape 12 CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 13 6.1 China Airlines 13 6.2 China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited 13 6.3 China Southern Airlines Company Limited 13 CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 14 7.1 Market Value Forecast 14 7.2 Market Volume Forecast 15 CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 16 CHAPTER 9 Further Reading 18 9.1 Sources 18 9.2 Related Datamonitor Research 18 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: China Airlines Industry Value: $ billion, 2000-2004 9 Table 2: China Airlines Industry Volume: Passengers million, 2000-2004 10 Table 3: China Airlines Industry Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2004 11 Table 4: China Airlines Industry Value Forecast: $ billion, 2004-2009 14 Table 5: China Airlines Industry Volume Forecast: Passengers million, 2004-2009 15 Table 6: China Size of Population (million), 2000-2004 16 Table 7: China GDP (1995=100), 2000-2004 16 Table 8: China Inflation, 2000-2004 16 Table 9: China Exchange Rate, 2000-204 17 CONTENTS