Private company takes first shot at jet charters  

云南民企试水公务航空 首架公务机从曼谷飞抵昆明

2日16时45分，一架价值5000多万元人民币的“空中国王”飞机从泰国曼谷飞抵昆明。此举预示着由3家民营企业组建的云南首家公务机航空公司成立，并正式开启这个山地省份的公务航空之旅。

Kunming (CNS) -- An King Air airplane valued at over 50 million yuan arrived from Bangkok at Kunming at 4:45p.m. August 2, becoming the first business tour offered by Yunnan Province's first private jet business.

The business airline is funded by three private companies that purchased the King Air from the US company Hawker Beechcraft. Accommodating only six passengers, the charter cost 19,000 yuan per hour.

The jet flew between Kunming City and Guiyang City on August 3. It will officially serve a commercial route at the end of this year.

"As our government opens low-attitude aviation to the public, private airlines will enter a very promising era," said Chen Jiang, chairman of the company.