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An airport worker inspects the under-carriage of Air China planes while they are parked at the terminal building of Beijing's International Airport February 6, 2012. The Chinese government said on Monday it has barred the country's airlines from joining a European Union scheme to charge...

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Air China planes pass each other on the tarmac and runway at Beijing International Airport February 6, 2012. The Chinese government said on Monday it has barred the country's airlines from joining a European Union scheme to charge for carbon emissions from flights into and out of Europe...

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North Korean officials wait for passengers to board an Air China flight at Pyongyang airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The people of North Korea are mourning the death of their "dear leader" Kim Jong Il, who died on Saturday Dec.17, it is announced on state media...

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In this Friday Dec. 9, 2011 photo, Air China flight crew members walk towards their aircraft and past a North Korean airport official with a dog next to a stair car at the international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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An Air China Boeing 747-400 passenger jet, which is filled with mixture of biofuel and aviation kerosene, takes off on an inauguration test flight at Beijing Captital International Airport in Beijing, October 28, 2011.

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An Air China plane carrying Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang arrives at the Hong Kong airport August 16, 2011.

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The Air China plane carrying China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang taxis along the tarmac ahead of a welcoming ceremony at Hong Kong's international airport on August 16, 2011. Li, the expected successor to Prime Minister Wen Jiabao as head of China's day-to-day administration, is making a...

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Air China planes are seen on the tarmac of the Beijing Capital International Airport July 11, 2011. China will invest over 1.5 trillion yuan ($232 billion) in the aviation industry in the next five years and will push consolidation among airlines to hone their international...

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North Korean officials wait for passengers to disembark from an Air China flight on the tarmac of the airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. North Korean state media has said that the country's leader Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17 of a heart ailment.

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An Air China Airbus A330-243 aeroplane descends to land as a China Eastern plane waits on the tarmac at Beijing airport May 11, 2011. Air China, the country's flag carrier, expects its full-year net profit will fall below the 2010 level, its chairman said on Wednesday.

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An Air China Boeing 737 passenger jet takes off as a China Southern Airbus A321-231 taxis at the Beijing airport in this January 11, 2008 file photo. China's aviation industry body has told the European Union it opposes the inclusion of Chinese airlines in the bloc's carbon emissions...

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An Air China plane comes in to land over the roof of the railway station at Beijing's internationl airport April 21, 2011. Air China announced last month that its earnings had more than tripled in the second half of 2010, thanks mainly to brisk air travel in the world's second largest...

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An Air China plane waits on the tarmac as a paramilitary policeman stands guard at Beijing's international airport April 12, 2011. Air China Ltd last month posted a more than three-fold rise in second half earnings due to brisk air travel in the world's second-largest economy and a...

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An Air China plane waits on the tarmac as a China Southern plane lands at Beijing's international airport April 12, 2011. Air China Ltd last month posted a more than three-fold rise in second half earnings due to brisk air travel in the world's second-largest economy and a merger deal,...

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A China Eastern Airlines plane sits on the tarmac as an Air China plane takes off at Beijing Airport April 11, 2011. The airline industry is unlikely to repeat its strong perfomance in 2010 as carriers grapple with stiffening competition and high oil prices, the chairman of China...

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa (center) holds a pair of ceremonial scissors in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Sept. 1, at LAX to mark the start of Air China's second daily nonstop flight between Los Angeles and Beijing. Left to right: Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles, the Hon.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 16: An Air China aircraft transporting Chinese nationals from Japan arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport on March 16, 2011 in Beijing, China. Thousands of Chinese nationals are being evacuated from earthquake-hit areas of Japan. The quake struck...

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Pierre Lurton (R), director of the Cheval Blanc Chateau poses with vice president of Air China He Li during the presentation of the 2010 vintage on April 4, 2011 in Saint-Emilion, in France's Bordeaux region. In the chateaus and wine warehouses of France's Bordeaux region, critics and...

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Pierre Lurton (C), director of the Cheval Blanc Chateau poses with vice president of Air China He Li (2nd L) and members of a delegation of the airline, during the presentation of the 2010 vintage on April 4, 2011 in Saint-Emilion, in France's Bordeaux region. In the chateaus and wine...

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Cathay Pacific chief executive Tony Tyler, right, speaks with Marlin Dailey, vice president of Sales for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, second right, in front of a model of Boeing 747-8 on display at the Asian Aerospace Show in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Boeing says it has signed a...

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A Chinese man looks at a model of Boeing 747-8 at the Asian Aerospace Show in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Boeing says it has signed a deal to sell five of its new 747-8 Intercontinental passenger jets to Air China. Chicago-based Boeing and Air China, the country's flag carrier,...

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Cathay Pacific chief executive Tony Tyler, right, looks at a model of Boeing 747-8 on display at the Asian Aerospace Show in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Boeing says it has signed a deal to sell five of its new 747-8 Intercontinental passenger jets to Air China. Chicago-based...

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A model of Boeing 747-8 is displayed at the Asian Aerospace Show in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Boeing says it has signed a deal to sell five of its new 747-8 Intercontinental passenger jets to Air China. Chicago-based Boeing and Air China, the country's flag carrier, didn't say...