Air China has planned a total of 680 million yuan (US$ 85
million) for flight safety investment this year, reaching its
highest level in history.
Safety is Air China's most important feature, it claims, so Air
China will spare no efforts in ensuring flight safety, said Li
Jiaxiang, president of the China National Aviation Holding
Company.
In recent years, Air China has kept increasing investment in
flight safety. A precise instrument jointly developed with Boeing
went through successful operation, which will raise the safety
standard to a new level on the route to Tibet.
Li said over the weekend that two of Air China's Boeing 737
aircraft are used in training instead of operation, which helps
increase pilots operation ability. The two aircraft would have
gained annual revenues of over 200 million yuan (25 million US
dollars) every year if they were in operation.
Air China's flight training center is China's first center to
use simulators and also China's most advanced one.
(Xinhua News Agency July 19, 2005)