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Aviation Week & Space Technology 2007-08-20

VOL. 167 NO. 8 August 20, 2007

World News & Analysis

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China Holds Down Aviation Growth, Benefiting Airlines

Aug 20, 2007
China’s airlines and aircraft industry should benefit from a government decision to restrain growth in the country’s civil aviation market, although Western manufacturers could see less demand from the Asian giant. Almost no new airlines will be allowed until 2010 at the earliest as part of a policy aimed at slowing rapid traffic growth that is straining infrastructure and the supply of skilled labor.