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Huaxi Village eyes tourist cash in the air

HUAXI Village, the richest village in China, plans to set up a 100-million-yuan air company within two years for tourism.

The village in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province has filed an application to the Civil Aviation Administration of China and is expected to get an approval by the end of this month, Li Qing, vice president of Huaxi Group Co Ltd, told Shanghai Daily today.

"We set up the carrier to tap the booming tourist demand as more than 2 million people visit our village every year and we plan to expand the air tour service to the Yangtze River Delta in the future," Li said.

The village-run Huaxi Group Co Ltd, parent of Shenzhen-based Jiangsu Huaxicun Co Ltd, will invest 100 million yuan in the wholly-owned Jiangsu Huaxi General Aviation Co and will have five helicopters and one business jet by 2015.

The village spent 90 million yuan in buying two helicopters from McDonnell Douglas and Eurocopter last year. They will join the fleet of the new company.



 

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