China Eastern Airlines rose 1.7%, Air China gained 1.9%, and Cathay Pacific Airways added 3.5%.
The relationship between Air China and Cathay Pacific Airways appears to be growing even closer.
In Shanghai, China Eastern Airlines fell 3.3%, Air China lost 3.2% and China Southern Airlines dropped 4.5%.
Flag carrier Air China said yesterday first-half profit plunged 74% amid rising costs and slower international business.
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By contrast, China Eastern has 70% of its capacity deployed in the domestic market, while Air China has 65%.
The industry's reorganisation will also help strengthen Air China, the national carrier, for an international listing, pencilled in for 2003.
By 2006, eight private carriers had sprung up to challenge the three state-controlled majors, Air China, China Southern and China Eastern.
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American Airlines, Air China, Nippon Airways, Norwegian Air, and Japan Air have all affirmed they have no plans to cancel deliveries.
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Air China also has agreed to order five Intercontinentals, pending government approval.
They did somewhat better in Hong Kong, with China Eastern ending flat, China Southern losing 1.2% and Air China managing a 0.8% gain.
Nokia also said it has signed a partnership with Air China to offer wireless charges for the phone in Beijing Airport VIP lounges.
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Among the companies attempting to lure foreign investors are phone company China Netcom, China Construction Bank, Air China, China Power and carmaker Dongfeng Motor.
In the late 1980s the government created three gigantic carriers Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern to provide competition and service where there had previously been none.
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Beijing-based Air China has a cross-shareholding agreement with Cathay Pacific.
The Boeing planes are intended for flag carrier Air China, China Eastern and China Southern which last month said it intended to acquire 20 Boeing 737-800s pending government approval.
The London Stock Exchange has been wooing Asian flotations, such as that of Air China, due next week, with claims that it has less strict requirements than New York.
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The CAAC has urged the 10 airlines under its control to merge into three carrier groups under China Southern, China Eastern and unlisted Air China in a bid to boost competitiveness.
Air China told Reuters the total investment and overall size of the joint venture's fleet had yet to be agreed, but it hopes to have a deal finalized before the Shanghai World Expo begins in May 2010.
This would clean the air in China, which the Chinese want and are willing to pay for.
Others include changes in the sun, cruddy air from China, and a change in stratospheric water vapor.
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The U.S. government used Air Partner to fly the press corps to China alongside Air Force One, which carried President Clinton.
At last year's Dubai Air Show, China demonstrated its L-15 trainer jet for the first time.
With air travel in China booming, the worry is that this underreported public-health problem will also boom.
Poor air quality in China has the locals up in arms, and the government might actually be listening.
Air quality in China's capital, Beijing, has once again hit serious levels, with thick smog and a sandstorm blanketing the city.
Taiwan is considering suspending air links to China, which would be a blow to many of the companies that manufacture in China.
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