16-38  Number of Civil Aviation Routes and Civil Aircrafts
           
Item 1990 1995 2000 2002 2003
           
  Number of Civil Aviation Routes   (line)         437 797 1165 1176 1155
  International Routes                       44 85 133 161 194
  Domestic Routes                            385 694 1032 1015 961
  Regional Routes                            8 18 42 44 43
  Length of Civil Aviation Routes      (km) 506762 1128961 1502887 1637708 1749545
  International Routes                       166350 348175 508405 574470 715269
  Domestic Routes                            329493 750794 994482 1063238 1034276
  Regional Routes                            10919 29992 55759 61626 62874
  Number of Civil Airports              (unit)             94 139 139 141 126
  Number of Civil Aircraft               (unit) 499 852 982 1112 1160
    Aero transport 527 602 664
       Air bus 462 525 580
          Boeing 747                               11 16 19 20 19
          Boeing 737                               21 115 186 234 264
          Boeing 757                               9 44 48 54 55
          Boeing 767                               6 17 16 18 22
          MD-90 22 22 22
          MD-82                                                    25 39 27 26 26
          Airbus A310                              2 3 3 3 3
          Airbus A320                              60 65 76
          Tupolov 154 20 33 10
           BB-146                                                   10 14 7 2 7
      Puddle-jumper 65 77 84
          Yun 7                                    45 67 22 11 7
    General Aircraft 301 335 343
           
a) Before 1997the 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 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.