16-33 Number of Civil Aviation Routes and Civil Aircrafts
Item	1990	1995	2000	2005	2008	2009
Number of Civil Aviation Routes   (line)	437	797	1165	1257	1532	1592
International Routes	44	85	133	233	297	263
Domestic Routes	385	694	1032	1024	1235	1329
Regional Routes	8	18	42	43	49	72
Length of Civil Aviation Routes      (km)	506762	1128961	1502887	1998501	2461840	2345085
International Routes	166350	348175	508405	855932	1120166	919899
Domestic Routes	329493	750794	994482	1142569	1341674	1425186
Regional Routes	10919	29992	55759	61056	68592	107262
Number of Civil Airports              (unit)	94	139	139	135	152	165
Number of Civil Aircraft               (unit)	503	852	982	1386	1961	2181
Aero Transport	204	416	527	863	1259	1417
Air bus		330	462	785	1155	1297
Boeing 747	11	16	19	22	37	37
Boeing 737	21	115	186	358	527	593
Boeing 757	9	44	48	64	52	51
Boeing 767	6	17	16	27	22	19
MD-90			22	22	22	22
Airbus A320		1	60	115	186	219
Puddle-jumper		86	65	78	104	120
General Aircraft	217	306	301	383	484	555
Teaching Verifying Aircraft	82	130	154	140	218	209
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.