Tibet pushes for more air traffic links
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Air">Air</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="busier">busier</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Southwest">Southwest</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="autonomous">autonomous</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Civil">Civil</span> <span word="Aviation">Aviation</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="encourage">encourage</span> <span word="airlines">airlines</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="CAAC">CAAC</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="airlines">airlines</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="establish">establish</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="routes">routes</span> <span word="linking">linking</span> <span word="Lhasa">Lhasa</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="capital">capital</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span>, <span word="Macao">Macao</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Taiwan">Taiwan</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="southeast">southeast</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>.</p><p><span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Jun">Jun</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CAAC">CAAC</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="applications">applications</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="routes">routes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="encouraged">encouraged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="aid">aid</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="passenger">passenger</span> <span word="volume">volume</span>.</p><p><span word="Currently">Currently</span>, 32 <span word="routes">routes</span> <span word="operated">operated</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="airlines">airlines</span> <span word="link">link</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="destination">destination</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="Katmandu">Katmandu</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nepal">Nepal</span>.</p><p><span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Haiying">Haiying</span>, <span word="general">general</span> <span word="manager">manager</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span> <span word="Airlines">Airlines</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="hopes">hopes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="routes">routes</span> <span word="linking">linking</span> <span word="Lhasa">Lhasa</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Nepal">Nepal</span>, <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Republic">Republic</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span>.</p><p><span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="regarded">regarded</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fly">fly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="complicated">complicated</span> <span word="geographic">geographic</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="unpredictable">unpredictable</span> <span word="weather">weather</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="air">air</span> <span word="transportation">transportation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="maintained">maintained</span> <span word="double">double</span>-<span word="digit">digit</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="Figures">Figures</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="CAAC">CAAC</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="bureau">bureau</span> <span word="indicate">indicate</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 672,000 <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="traveled">traveled</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 25-<span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="increase">increase</span>.</p><p><span word="Tibet">Tibet</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="Padma">Padma</span> <span word="Choling">Choling</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="striving">striving</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="tourist">tourist</span> <span word="destination">destination</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="goal">goal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="drawing">drawing</span> 15 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2017.</p>
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