15-37    Number of Civil Aviation Routes and Civil Aircrafts
           
Item 1985 1990 1995 2000 2001
           
  Number of Civil Aviation Routes            268 437 797 1165 1143
  International Routes                       27 44 85 133 134
  Domestic Routes                            233 385 694 1032 1009
  Regional Routes                            8 8 18 42 42
  Length of Civil Aviation Routes      (km) 277217 506762 1128961 1502887 1553596
  International Routes                       105959 166350 348175 508405 516859
  Domestic Routes                            160323 329493 750794 994482 1036737
  Regional Routes                            10935 10919 29992 55759 55759
  Number of Civil Airports                   82 94 139 139 143
  Number of Civil Aircraft                   472 499 852 982 1031
    Aerotransport   527 566
       Air bus   462 486
          Boeing 747                               6 11 16 19 17
          Boeing 737                               15 21 115 186 198
          Boeing 757                                         9 44 48 52
          Boeing 767                               2 6 17 16 17
          MD-90   22 22
          MD-82                                                    5 25 39 27 27
          Airbus A310                              2 2 3 3 3
          Airbus A320                                60 63
          Tupolov 154 2 20 33 10 4
          BB-146                                                             10 14 7 14
      Puddle-jumper   65 80
          Yun 7                                    13 45 67 22 21
    General Aircraft   301 296
           
 
a) The number of civil airports and aircrafts in 1985 and 1990 refers to those owned by enterprises directly under CAAC. Since then, it refers to those   
    owned by all enterprises of civil aviation. The same as in the following table.    
b) Before 1997, regional routes includes the routes to and from Hong Kong, Macao, and are taken as the parataxis item as the item of domestic routes  
    and international routes. Since 1997, regional routes to and from Hong Kong are taken as domestic routes, and adjustment are also made on the   
    length of aviation routes and traffic volume accordingly. Since 1999, regional routes are taken as a part of domestic routes, and include the aviation  
    routes to and from Hong Kong, Macao. The same as in the following table.    
c) Number of civil aircrafts include the teaching aircrafts and check aircrafts.