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China Southern Airlines
has taken delivery of its first-ever Boeing 737-700 series aircraft.
The delivery of this new aircraft is
part of China Southern’s original order of 20 Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
The airline elected to accept the initial 12 aircraft in the 737-800 “Next Generation” series
- with the balance of the delivery order to be taken in the 737-700 “Next
Generation” series.
“This new aircraft will be a welcome addition to an aviation marketplace that is
growing at an incredible pace,” said Mr. Sun Jianhua, Deputy General Manager,
China Southern Airlines’ Hubei Branch.
Hubei Province, located in the heart of the central part of China, is in the middle
reaches of The Yangtze River. Railway and highways span the entire territory of
the province - as a result Hubei is of strategic importance connecting all points
North, South, East and West. Hubei is rich in natural resources with more than
130 different minerals having been discovered in the Province.
The Province covers 180,000 sq. km with a population of 56.54 Million. The
physical features of Hubei is higher in the west with the Daba Mountain and
Shennongjia more than 3,100 m above sea level and lower in the east with the
Yangtz & Hanjiang Plain. There are countless lakes on the plain.
Besides grain, cotton and oil, Hubei is teeming with fresh-water fish and shrimps,
lotus roots, blunt-snout bream, tea, lung oil, edible fungus, raw lacquer and
medicinal materials.
Hubei has developed industries such as iron arid steel, machinery, power,
chemical industry and light textile. Shiyan is an auto production base, while
Wuhan is the hub of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway,
enjoying convenient highway transportation. |
