China's budget airlines spreading their wings, adding new routes
Low-cost carriers account for 7 per cent of China's domestic air travel market, and that is expected to more than double by 2020
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XIA Lili, marketing chief at a privately-owned Shanghai software firm switched to flying with Spring Airlines after China's first low-cost carrier took off in 2010. Her company has since made it mandatory for staff to use budget airlines when available, and has cut its travel costs by a fifth.
Ms Xia and her colleagues are among an increasing number of Chinese who are fuelling fast growth in what is often called the "last" big market ripe for low-cost carrier penetration.
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