15-36  Number of Civil Aviation Routes and Civil Aircrafts
Item 1990 1995 2000 2005 2007 2008
             
  Number of Civil Aviation Routes   (line) 437 797 1165 1257 1506 1532
  International Routes 44 85 133 233 290 297
  Domestic Routes 385 694 1032 1024 1216 1235
     Regional Routes 8 18 42 43 48 49
  Length of Civil Aviation Routes      (km) 506762 1128961 1502887 1998501 2342961 2461840
  International Routes 166350 348175 508405 855932 1047418 1120166
  Domestic Routes 329493 750794 994482 1142569 1295543 1341674
     Regional Routes 10919 29992 55759 61056 71169 68592
  Number of Civil Airports              (unit) 94 139 139 135 148 152
  Number of Civil Aircraft               (unit) 503 852 982 1386 1813 1961
    Aero Transport 204 416 527 863 1134 1259
       Air bus 330 462 785 1050 1155
          Boeing 747 11 16 19 22 35 37
          Boeing 737 21 115 186 358 486 527
          Boeing 757 9 44 48 64 56 52
          Boeing 767 6 17 16 27 22 22
          MD-90 22 22 22 22
          MD-82 25 39 27 15 12
          Airbus A310 2 3 3 3
          Airbus A320 1 60 115 160 186
          BB-146 10 14 7 4
       Puddle-jumper 86 65 78 84 104
    General Aircraft 217 306 301 383 457 484
    Teaching Verifying Aircraft 82 130 154 140 222 218
             
a) Before 1997, the number of civil airports and aircrafts  refers to those owned by enterprises directly under CAAC. Since 1997, it refers to those 
    owned by all enterprises of civil aviation. The same applies to  the  tables following.
b) Before 1997, regional routes include the routes to and from Hong Kong, Macao, and are taken as parallel items to the items 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 applies to the tables following.