China’s Air Express Industry
2 min readChina’s Air Express Industry
Globalization is altering international business practices，and requiring manufacturers to operate at maximum efficiency.Today’s trading environment is characterized by the following aspects:complex sourcing strategies for raw materials and components，regional even global assembly plants are needed for scalemanufacturing，and the application of flexible just-in-time inventory management to deliver finished products to various markets in time.To remain competitive，manufacturing and service companies in China must turn to the value-added servicesof the global integrated air express companies.Therefore，demand for integrated air express services is rising rapidly.
It explains in detail the role of the integrated air express industry in Chinaand assesses the commercial，economic and social benefits brought by this vital industry to China.
China’s Civil Aviation Transportation Market Report
Through accurate data and full elaboration，it describes the structure of China’s Civil Aviation Transportation market and features of the demand-supply relationship from various angles.Meanwhile，it examines competition between enterprises in different market segments，presenting assessment of leading enterprises competitiveness.
We especially points out the following:In 2006，China’s civil aviationtransportation market maintained rapid growth.Growth of the passenger transportation market outpaced that of the freight transportation market.Aviatio safety gradually improves.Airline companies are engaged in product，price and service competition.While the three leading groups are dominating the market，local airline companies performance keeps improving.
China’s Airport Business
Airport business has a capital-intensive business infrastructure，and is characterized by economic features such as pre-public products，exterior and regional monopoly.Currently，China’s airports are suffering losses.In 2002，80
percent of the 143 airports in China suffered losses.Considering the three majorindices of airport operation-passenger throughput，cargo and posts throughput，and number of take-offs and landings，domestic airports（single or as a whole）are still far behind well-known international airports.
After transferring the right of airport management from Civil Aviation Administration of China（CAAC）to local governments，Chinese airports will be more definitely positioned.A more professional management，a diversification of airport construction capital and main body of investments will be the development trend of the industry.
Considering economic prospects and international comparison，China has a huge potential in developing airport business.The airport construction in China is increasing and the aviation industry also has a prosperous future.
