Requests for charter flight price quotes, a bellwether of business aviation activity, have been growing in China by more than 20 percent annually over the past three years, according to data released on the eve of ABACE 2014 by Avinode (Booth H430).
Quote requests sent through the Swedish company’s online charter marketplace for flights to and from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan grew from 9,701 in 2011 to 11,684 in 2012 (up around 20.5 percent), and to 14,369 in 2013 (up around 23 percent). But the data and analysis provider is the first to put an asterisk beside these figures, due to the relatively low volume of inquiries in this developing market, along with a lack of data about actual charter flights that subsequently occurred. “We’re not able to draw any conclusions about whether the market is increasing or decreasing,” said Magnus Henriksson, Avinode business unit manager.
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