Russia down; China up

Great figures came out of China this week for aviation as forward bookings through Chinese travel agents and directly with airlines have risen sharply for this year’s ‘Golden Week’ Festival. 2014 bookings were up around 30% on 2013 and this year is expected to show further growth, but as passenger traffic in China grows there is no doubt that a very large percentage of potential new passenger traffic is being put off of flying due to delays. Meanwhile in Russia, Aeroflot received quite a blow this past week as Ukraine told Russian Airlines not to enter its territory. In reply,