"Chinese Airports Cooperate to Improve Service"

Sunday, March 31, 2002

Airports Cooperate to Improve Service


BEIJING, (Xinhua) -- Five major airports in South China's Pearl River
Delta will join forces in a bid to offer improved and safer service. 

The airports in Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macao and Zhuhai have
vowed to jointly create a unified brand name to help boost the region's
economic development. 

The airports' top officials gathered in Shenzhen recently, the second of
such meetings, agreeing to further cooperation in more fields to upgrade
their competitiveness. 

The airports will become each other's substitute airport. For example,
when a plane fails to land at one airport due to reasons such as poor
weather, it can choose to land on any one of the other four. 

In case of emergencies, the five airports will share information and
send aid groups to each other when needed. 

Other moves include the establishment of a collective website, and
increased efforts to attract more tourists to the Pearl River Delta
region. 

A team of experts will study the details of the cooperation intention
following the meeting to ensure they can be implemented. 

The group is expected to meet again in Macao in October. 

"It is our common belief that the air transportation market in the Pearl
River Delta can be magnified," said Chen Hong, general manager of the
Shenzhen Airport Co Ltd at the meeting. 

He believed the cooperation would become increasingly effective. 

"I am glad Zhuhai airport has been included in the talks, and I think
the Zhuhai airport will improve in the joint venture," said Feng
Zhaoming, head of Zhuhai airport. 

Shenzhen airport has experienced a rapid growth in cargo transportation
so far this year.


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