China, Australia raise flight capacity
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March 10, 2011, Thursday
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THE growing ties between Australia and China were reflected in a new memorandum of understanding that will double the number of flights between the two countries.
The new agreement, providing a massive boost in airline seat -numbers signed by China and Australia, represents a 50 percent rise in available seats on direct flights between the two countries from the current 14,500 per week to 22,500 per week by 2012.
Australian media yesterday quoted Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese as saying that the airlines of both nations would now be able to offer up to 18,500 seats on flights between Australia's major airports and China's each week.
The deal includes an offer of additional capacity within Australia to China's carriers if they include stopovers in regional destinations such as Cairns, Darwin and Broome.
A boon for local Australian carriers now serving China is that the agreement would allow them to fly beyond China to four additional destinations of their choosing, adding scope to current networks.
Albanese said more than 1.7 million people traveled between Australia and China last year, an increase of over 20 percent on the previous year.
Chinese tourism is worth US$3.1 billion to the Australian economy and the number of Chinese sightseers heading to Australia is expected to double by 2020.
In a statement that was released late on Tuesday, the Australian government lauded the agreement and its importance to cross-border ties.
"Significantly, our new MOU with China contains a shared commitment to negotiating an 'open skies' agreement, an outcome that would remove most - if not all - of the limitations on Australian and Chinese airlines operating between and beyond our two countries."
The new agreement, providing a massive boost in airline seat -numbers signed by China and Australia, represents a 50 percent rise in available seats on direct flights between the two countries from the current 14,500 per week to 22,500 per week by 2012.
Australian media yesterday quoted Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese as saying that the airlines of both nations would now be able to offer up to 18,500 seats on flights between Australia's major airports and China's each week.
The deal includes an offer of additional capacity within Australia to China's carriers if they include stopovers in regional destinations such as Cairns, Darwin and Broome.
A boon for local Australian carriers now serving China is that the agreement would allow them to fly beyond China to four additional destinations of their choosing, adding scope to current networks.
Albanese said more than 1.7 million people traveled between Australia and China last year, an increase of over 20 percent on the previous year.
Chinese tourism is worth US$3.1 billion to the Australian economy and the number of Chinese sightseers heading to Australia is expected to double by 2020.
In a statement that was released late on Tuesday, the Australian government lauded the agreement and its importance to cross-border ties.
"Significantly, our new MOU with China contains a shared commitment to negotiating an 'open skies' agreement, an outcome that would remove most - if not all - of the limitations on Australian and Chinese airlines operating between and beyond our two countries."
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