From January to August£¬2005, the Total Tonne Kilometer for air transport is 16.646 billion, up 11% compared with the same period of 2004. The Total Passenger Traffic is 89.5172 million persons, up 10% compared with the same period last year. The Total Passenger Kilometers is 131.77409 billion, up 10.5% compared with the same period last year, the Total Freight Tones Carried is 1.9017 million, up 13% as compared with the same period of last year, and the Total Freight Tonnes Kilometers is 4.92079 billion, up 13.2% compared with the same period last year. The total flying hours is 1.76051 million, up 12.2% compared with the same period last year. 

At present, the reform of civil aviation system is continuously deepening and the civil aviation market is constantly developing to welcome the world. Stimulated by the growth of China's economy, the upgrade of consuming level, and the liberalization of aviation industry, China's air transport industry will gradually enter the stage of rapid growth, and it will go on leading the global growth for a fairly long period in the future.

With results from "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" and efforts of Air Transport Research Team of RIC center, this report was made based on consultation and analysis on corporate strategies. It comprises four parts: operational environment of air transport market, forecast on industrial market (2006), development trends of the competitions in air transport, investment opportunities and risks of the industry. Detailed description and argumentation on air transport market such as current condition, development, operation, investment and competition, can be found and guidance for enterprises to understand the trend of the entire industry is provided to help the readers decide a corresponding investment strategy.

Based on data form authoritative channels such as General Administration of Civil Aviation of China, State Information Center and National Bureau of Statistics of China, this report adopts plenty of industrial data from our center and our market research, and holistically applied the quantitative and qualitative analysis methods to provide a detailed, serious, and predictive argumentation on the development trends of China's air transport industry.

This report concentrates on the investment and business organizations in air transport and the air transport research units. Furthermore, it provides valuable reference for industrial rules and laws researching, industrial policy making and for the financial investment organizations intending to enter air transport or relevant industries.

1 Economic Benefits of China's Civil Aviation in 2005
1.1 Profits of China's Civil Aviation in 2005
1.2Costs and Expenses of Air Transport Industry
1.2.1 Basic Business Status of Domestic Airlines
1.2.2 Cost of Domestic Airlines
1.2.3 Cost of Domestic Airlines
1.2.4 Comparison of Costs between Chinese and American airlines
1.2.5 Effects and Suggestions on Decreasing Costs for Airlines

2 Overview of International Air Transport Industry in 2005
2.1 Current Development of international Air Transport in 2005
2.1.1 Overview of Air Transport Industry
2.1.2 Current Development of International Air Transport in 2005
2.2Development of International Air Transports in Major Countries
2.3 Development Trend of International Air Transport in 2006
2.3.1 Development Trend of International Air Transport
2.3.2Trend towards Alliance in globalization
2.3.3 Structural Changes that International Air Transport Industry Face
2.3.4 Forecast on development of Global Air Transport in 2006

3 Analysis on Developmental Environment of Air Transport Industry
3.1 Analysis on Policies Relating to Air Transport Industry
3.1.1 Mechanism to Access Air Transport Industry
3.1.2 Mechanism to Regulate Air Transport Industry 
3.1.3 Reform of Airport and Aviation Management System
3.1.4 Analysis on Market-oriented Civil Aviation
3.2 Key Development Areas of Air Transport Industry and Direction for Structural Adjustment 
3.2.1 Overview of Reform and Development of China's aviation 
3.2.2 Key Development Areas in Air Transport Industry and Direction for Structural Adjustment
3.2.3 Restructuring and integration in China's Air Transport Industry

4 Analysis on Macro Economic Environment in 2006
4.1 Macro Economy Status in 2005
4.2 China's Economic Forecast in 2006
4.3 National Economic Development Forecast in "Eleventh Five-Year Plan"
4.3.1 Macro Economic Situation in "Eleventh Five-Year Plan"
4.3.2 National Economic Goals in "Eleventh Five-Year Plan"
4.4International Economic Environment in 2006

Part Two: China's Civil Aviation Market Forecast in 2006

5 Overall Forecast of China's Air Transport Industry in 2006
5.1 National Civil Aviation Status in 2005
5.2 Factors that Affect the Total Demands and Structural Changes in Air Transport Market 
5.2.1 Government
5.2.2 Market 
5.2.3 Economics
5.2.4 International Background
5.2.5 Other Unforeseen Factors
5.3 Forecast on Development of Air Transport Market in 2006

6 Business Status of China's Four Largest Airlines in 2006
6.1 Air China
6.2 China Southern 
6.3 China Eastern
6.4 Hainan Airlines 

7 Major Markets of Civil Aviation in 2006
7.1 Yangtze River Delta
7.2 Pearl River Delta
7.3 Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Regions
7.4 Brief Info on International or Regional Airlines

8 Cheapness of China's Air Transport 
8.1 Discounts on Air Tickets in 2005
8.2 Conditions attribute to the Low Cost of China's Transport Service 
8.3 Prospect of Cheapness of Air Transport Service 

9 Industry Chains of Upstream and Downstream in aviation industry in 2006
9.1 Monopoly on fuel for aviation 
9.2 Operation of aviation airport
9.3 Aviation Maintenance Industry

Part Three:Development Trends of Competition 

10 Development Trends of China's Industry
10.1 Access Barrier in Air Transport 
10.1.1 Open up Status
10.1.2 Industrial Regulating 
10.2 Prospect of Development in Aviation Logistic Industry 
10.2.1 Developmental Trends 
10.2.2 Opportunities and Challenges 
10.2.3 Conditions and Opportunities 
10.2.4 Advantages and Strategies 
10.3 Prospect of Private Investment in Aviation 
10.3.1 Introduce Private Investment
10.3.2 Opportunity for Private Investor 
10.3.3 Risks for Private Investment entering civil aviation industry

11 Operational Models of Airlines
11.1 Operation of Airline Hub
11.1.1 Background of Starting up China's Aviation Hub
11.1.2 Problems Existing 
11.1.3 Prospect of National Airport Construction
11.1.4 Suggestions on Policy
11.2 Operation of Sub-airlines
11.2.1 Domestic Sub-airlines Location
11.2.2 Current condition of our Sub-airlines market
11.2.3 Domestic Sub-airline Market
11.2.4 Comparison of Operational models between Chinese and American Sub-airlines
11.2.5 Suggestion on policy
11.3 Cooperation and Competition in Air Transport 
11.3.1 Competition Structure of International Air Transport Industry
11.3.2 Competition structure of Domestic Air Transport Industry 
11.4 Challenges China Faces and Countermeasures 

12 Prospects of Freight and Passenger Service 
12.1 Current Condition of China's Aviation Logistics
12.2 Air Transport Service Forecast
12.3 Prospect of Passenger Service 
12.3.1 Passenger Service in 2005
12.3.2 Passenger Service Forecast
12.4 Demands Forecast 2005¡«2010
12.4.1 Data-selecting
12.4.2 Methods to Forecast and to Build Model 
12.4.3 Methods to Decide Parameters and Variables
12.4.4 Demands Forecast in Aviation Passenger Service 
12.4.5Total Demands Forecast in Aviation Freight Service 
12.4.6 Turnover Forecast of air transport 

Part Four: Investment Opportunities and Risks

13 Replacement of Air Transport Industry
13.1 Air Transport Structure in 2005
13.2 Development of Roadway Transportation Industry 
13.2.1 Highway Passenger Traffic in 2005
13.2.2 Forecast on the Development of Highway Transport Market 
13.3 Development of Waterway Transport Industry
13.3.1 Situations of waterway transport industry in 2005
13.4 Development Status of railway transport industry 
13.4.1 Market conditions of railway transport in 2005
13.4.2 Prospect of Development of Railway Transport Market
13.5 Comparison of Various Transport Methods
13.5.1 Comparison of various transport methods
13.5.2 Economic Evaluation on Various Transport Methods
13.5.3 Competition of Domestic Transport Methods
13.5.4 On United Transport

14 Opportunity for investment in air transport
14.1 To Fully Understand Opportunity in air transport in 2005¡«2010
14.2 Policy Adjustment and Investment Opportunity
14.3 Impacts from System Reform 
14.4 Investment Opportunity for different Enterprises
14.4.1 For Foreign Enterprises 
14.4.2 For Private Companies

15 Risks of Investment and Prevention 
15.1 Monopoly on fuel 
15.2 Lacking of Methods to Avoid Risks
15.3 Investment Risks in air transport
15.3.1 Regular Risks
15.3.2 Policy Risks
15.3.3 Financial Risks
15.3.4 Accidents
15.3.5 Commotion and war
15.3.6 Intensified Market Competition

16 Suggestions on Industrial Operation 
16.1 Overall Strategies 
16.2 Competing Strategy in Air Transport Industry
16.3 Financing and Investments 
16.4 Technical Improvement
16.5 Risks and Prevention