Business
The total transport volume of China’s civil aviation industry – cargo and passenger transport combined – ranked second globally for the ninth consecutive year, according to China’s 2016 Statistical Bulletin of Civil Aviation Industry Development.
In 2016, the total turnover of the whole industry reached 96.251 billion ton-kilometres, while the total passenger traffic volume was 487.96 million passenger journeys. China continued to rank second globally in terms of transport volume.