16-33  Number of Civil Aviation Routes and Civil Aircrafts
Item	1990	1995	2000	2005	2009	2010
Number of Civil Aviation Routes   (line)	437	797	1165	1257	1592	1880
International Routes	44	85	133	233	263	302
Domestic Routes	385	694	1032	1024	1329	1578
Regional Routes	8	18	42	43	72	85
Length of Civil Aviation Routes      (km)	506762	1128961	1502887	1998501	2345085	2765147
International Routes	166350	348175	508405	855932	919899	1070167
Domestic Routes	329493	750794	994482	1142569	1425186	1694980
Regional Routes	10919	29992	55759	61056	107262	121437
Number of Civil Airports Opened (unit)	94	139	139	135	165	175
Number of Civil Aircraft               (unit)	503	852	982	1386	2181	2405
Aero Transport	204	416	527	863	1417	1597
Air bus		330	462	785	1297	1453
Boeing 747	11	16	19	22	37	40
Boeing 737	21	115	186	358	593	650
Boeing 757	9	44	48	64	51	48
Boeing 767	6	17	16	27	19	18
MD-90			22	22	22	11
Airbus A320		1	60	115	219	281
Puddle-jumper		86	65	78	120	144
General Aircraft	217	306	301	383	555	606
Teaching Verifying Aircraft	82	130	154	140	209	202
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.