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Juneyao Air aims to double fleet as Disney lands in Shanghai

Published Mon, Mar 14, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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Beijing

JUNEYAO Airlines Co aims to double its fleet by 2020, expecting the mid-year opening of Disney's Shanghai park and more tourist travel to further drive flight demand as the privately run Chinese carrier considers joining a global alliance.

"The potential for growth is huge," company chairman Wang Junjin said on Sunday on the sidelines of the National People's Congress in Beijing. "In a country with a population of 1.3 billion people, there were only something more than 400 million passenger trips made last year."

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