Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday sent a message to his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharyan, expressing sincere condolences to the relatives of those killed in a jet crash early Wednesday morning.

The Export Commodity Fair for each year came again, and Guangzhou's New Baiyun International Airport became the complaint focus this year again, many complained that the "distance" from leaving the plane to getting aboard the bus has been way too far, and it took them more than 50 minutes to aboard the bus from baggage reclaim area. On April 23rd, a number of travel agencies, which organised businesspersons to attend Guangdong Commodity Fair in previous years, have suspended the plans to organise business groups attending the event this year.

Hainan Airlines will invest somewhat RMB10 billion yuan in Tianjin to establish the proposed Grand China Air's regional headquarter as well as building China's biggest aircraft leasing company in Tianjin in the future. The Tianjin Municipal Government and Hainan Aviation Group recently signed a strategic co-operation framework agreement by the mayor of Tianjin Hon. Dai Xianglong and the president of Hainan Aviation Group Mr. Chen Feng.

Hong Kong airlines will soon gain more access to the lucrative Shanghai and Beijing markets, but liberalisation of the aviation regime with the Mainland is expected to fall several items short of Cathay Pacific Airways' wish list, say officials close to ongoing air service negotiations.

SINGAPORE, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Extensive economic ties root the relations between China and the United States in mutual benefit, an editorial in The Straits Times, an English daily in Singapore, said Monday.

China on Monday sent a chartered plane to Papua New Guinea to carry back home the Chinese nationals and people of Chinese origin in the riot-haunted Solomon Islands.

Hu Yuebin is relieved to see his daughter and granddaughter back at the Baiyun International Airport in south China's Guangzhou City. The first group of 13 Chinese who fled the riot-torn Solomon Islands arrived in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, yesterday.

Cases in which Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) staff assist stowaways show a soaring trend. Last year alone, such cases involved 63 stowaways, a year-on-year rise of 50%. Thereby the capital frontier inspection department announced on the 18th that any BCIA staff assisting stowaways would be dismissed immediately.

Fuel surcharges for infants eligible for 90 percent discount flight tickets will be abolished.