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China: Playful Tiger Cub Sneaks Up on Caretaker in Harbin Zoo

This video was filmed at a zoo in Harbin, Heilongjiang, on August 26, 2025. It captured the cute moment when a tiger cub tried to catch his caretaker off guard, but was quickly noticed, scooped into his arms, and turned into a cuddly kitten.

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Spring Airlines Office Building in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - View of the Spring Airlines office building in Chongqing, China, December 22, 2024.

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Spring Airlines Office Building in Chongqing

CHONGQING, CHINA - DECEMBER 22, 2024 - View of the Spring Airlines office building in Chongqing, China, December 22, 2024.

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China: Mesmerizing Mist Fills Aircraft Cabin

This video captured on May 6 in Guangdong shows smoke filling the cabin of an aircraft from Guangzhou bound for Hangzhou. According to an interview with a staff of Spring Airlines, what is seen in the video is a normal phenomenon. It occurs when cold air from the air conditioner encounters hot and humid air in the cabin, resulting in the formation of a white mist.

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BAUISC Spring Trophy 24 - Istanbul

Pegasus Airlines Sailing Team crew in action during the race. Sailing boats take part in the BAUISC Spring Trophy Yacht Race in Istanbul, on March 24, 2024. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BAUISC Spring Trophy 24 - Istanbul

Pegasus Airlines Sailing Team crew in action during the race. Sailing boats take part in the BAUISC Spring Trophy Yacht Race in Istanbul, on March 24, 2024. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BAUISC Spring Trophy 24 - Istanbul

Crew of Pegasus Airlines sailing team in action during the race. Sailing boats take part in the BAUISC Spring Trophy Yacht Race in Istanbul, on March 24, 2024. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Travelers find delight in Ethiopian airport's Spring Festival celebration

STORY: Travelers find delight in Ethiopian airport's Spring Festival celebration SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:22 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Bole International Airport 2. various of special Chinese New Year celebration at the airport 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MESFIN TASSEW, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHEN QINMIN, Minister counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia STORYLINE: A special Chinese New Year celebration was organized recently at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, for travelers. The event marked the resumption of celebrations after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the lunar Chinese calendar, the New Year of 2024 started on Feb. 10. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MESFIN TASSEW, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines "The Chinese people are our good friends, our good customers, and we are here to join them in celebrating the New Year holidays and to say congratu

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How Beijing Daxing airport handles increasing passenger flow during travel rush

STORY: How Beijing Daxing airport handles increasing passenger flow during travel rush SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Daxing airport in Beijing 2. STANDUP (English): WANG XIUNAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG QIANG, Deputy General Manager of Aviation Business Department of Beijing Daxing International Airport 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GUO LING, Product Manager of Marketing Department of North China Marketing Center, China Eastern Airlines 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI WENPENG, Vice captain of Daxing Airport Border Inspection Station 6. various of Daxing airport in Beijing STORYLINE: China is currently experiencing its annual Spring Festival travel rush, anticipated to reach a record-breaking 9 billion passenger trips this year. STANDUP (English): WANG XIUNAN, Xinhua correspondent "Here is Daxing airport in Beijing. As a comprehensive transportation junction, you can not only take flights

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A Hainan Airlines passenger plane in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A Hainan Airlines passenger plane in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A Changan Airlines passenger plane in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A Hainan Airlines passenger plane in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A passenger flight of Shenzhen Airlines is seen in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A passenger flight of Shenzhen Airlines is seen in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A Donghai Airlines passenger plane in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A Donghai Airlines passenger plane in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A Guangxi GX Airlines passenger flight in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, January 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A Guangxi GX Airlines passenger flight in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, January 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A passenger plane of Chengdu Airlines in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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2024 Spring Festival Flight

YICHANG, CHINA - JANUARY 9, 2024 - A passenger plane of Chengdu Airlines in operation at the Three Gorges Airport in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Jan 9, 2024.

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli (front) plays a spring themed ancient poetry citing game with passengers during a flight from Dalian of northeast China's Liaoning Province to Guangzhou of south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli (2nd L) plays a spring themed ancient poetry citing game with passengers during a flight from Dalian of northeast China's Liaoning Province to Guangzhou of south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-POETIC CAPTAIN (CN)

(230210) -- DALIAN, Feb. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Baoli plays a spring themed ancient poetry citing game with passengers during a flight from Dalian of northeast China's Liaoning Province to Guangzhou of south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 4, 2023. Captain Ma Baoli, 35, has a great passion for Chinese classical poems. From 2018 onwards, Ma has been participating in the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show every year, and won the championship this year. Ma's love for Chinese classical poems was nurtured by his father since childhood. As a graduate of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma joined the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines and was promoted to captain in 2016. Ma's passion for poems adds a lot of poetic charm to his work. Traveling through the sky, he recites poems to greet passengers, thus he is known as "poetic captain" by Chinese netizens. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-AIRCRAFT-DE-ICING & ANTI-ICING (CN)

(230118) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A maintenance worker of China Southern Airlines measures the temperature of an aircraft component at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2023. To ensure flight safety during the Spring Festival travel rush, aircraft maintenance workers have been working late hours to perform aircraft de-icing and anti-icing of aircrafts at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport amid the cold weather. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-AIRCRAFT-DE-ICING & ANTI-ICING (CN)

(230118) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A maintenance worker of China Southern Airlines performs aircraft de-icing and anti-icing at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2023. To ensure flight safety during the Spring Festival travel rush, aircraft maintenance workers have been working late hours to perform aircraft de-icing and anti-icing of aircrafts at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport amid the cold weather. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-AIRCRAFT-DE-ICING & ANTI-ICING (CN)

(230118) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A maintenance worker of China Southern Airlines checks an aircraft after its de-icing process at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2023. To ensure flight safety during the Spring Festival travel rush, aircraft maintenance workers have been working late hours to perform aircraft de-icing and anti-icing of aircrafts at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport amid the cold weather. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-AIRCRAFT-DE-ICING & ANTI-ICING (CN)

(230118) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A maintenance worker of China Southern Airlines checks an aircraft after its de-icing process at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2023. To ensure flight safety during the Spring Festival travel rush, aircraft maintenance workers have been working late hours to perform aircraft de-icing and anti-icing of aircrafts at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport amid the cold weather. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-AIRCRAFT-DE-ICING & ANTI-ICING (CN)

(230118) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A maintenance worker of China Southern Airlines checks an aircraft engine before de-icing process at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2023. To ensure flight safety during the Spring Festival travel rush, aircraft maintenance workers have been working late hours to perform aircraft de-icing and anti-icing of aircrafts at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport amid the cold weather. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-AIRCRAFT-DE-ICING & ANTI-ICING (CN)

(230118) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A maintenance worker of China Southern Airlines performs aircraft de-icing and anti-icing at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2023. To ensure flight safety during the Spring Festival travel rush, aircraft maintenance workers have been working late hours to perform aircraft de-icing and anti-icing of aircrafts at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport amid the cold weather. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-AIRCRAFT-DE-ICING & ANTI-ICING (CN)

(230118) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A maintenance worker of China Southern Airlines performs aircraft de-icing and anti-icing at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2023. To ensure flight safety during the Spring Festival travel rush, aircraft maintenance workers have been working late hours to perform aircraft de-icing and anti-icing of aircrafts at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport amid the cold weather. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-AIRCRAFT-DE-ICING & ANTI-ICING (CN)

(230118) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A maintenance worker of China Southern Airlines performs aircraft de-icing and anti-icing at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2023. To ensure flight safety during the Spring Festival travel rush, aircraft maintenance workers have been working late hours to perform aircraft de-icing and anti-icing of aircrafts at Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport amid the cold weather. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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China's homegrown large jetliner receives over 1,000 orders

STORY: China's homegrown large jetliner receives over 1,000 orders DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:40 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the first C919 aircraft 2 various of the ARJ21 aircraft STORYLINE: According to the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai, China's first homegrown large jetliner the C919 had gained 1,035 orders from 32 customers by the end of 2022. The first C919 aircraft was delivered to China Eastern Airlines in December 2022. The company is expected to put the aircraft into commercial operation by the spring of 2023. It was also unveiled that China's homegrown regional jetliner the ARJ21 had received 690 orders from 25 customers by the end of 2022. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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China strives to deliver smooth Spring Festival trips after COVID-19 response shift

STORY: China strives to deliver smooth Spring Festival trips after COVID-19 response shift DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHU HAIXIAO, Staff member, Tianjin Railway Station 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG JIASI, Staff member in Shanghai, China Eastern Airlines 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YANG JUNHUA, Staff member, Shanghai Railway Station 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): SONG JUNYING, Staff member, Zhengzhou East Railway Station 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): SHEN ZHENG, Staff member, Haikou train ferry section, China Railway Guangzhou Group STORYLINE: China's Spring Festival travel rush, the largest annual human migration worldwide, is now underway, after the world's most populous country adjusted its COVID-19 response. Hundreds of millions of people are swarming train stations, airports, and coach terminals across China for family reunions during the Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 22 this year. Authorities in various parts of the c

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C919 jetliner arrives in south China's tropical island

STORY: C919 jetliner arrives in south China's tropical island DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plane STORYLINE: China's C919 large passenger jet landed at an airport in Haikou on Monday, as a part of its 100-hour aircraft validation flight process. The C919 is China's first homegrown large jetliner. The first such aircraft was delivered to China Eastern Airlines last month. The C919 started its airline validation flight in late December. The testing process will comprehensively verify the reliability of the C919 with commercial operation in mind -- with the aim of ensuring its safety and efficiency. The validation flight will last until mid-February and the aircraft is expected to be put into commercial operation by China Eastern Airlines in the spring of this year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Haikou, China. (XHTV)

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China's first C919 kicks off 100-hour validation flight

STORY: China's first C919 kicks off 100-hour validation flight DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the aircraft STORYLINE: China's first C919 large passenger aircraft completed its first airline validation flight on Monday. The aircraft took off from a Shanghai airport and landed at an airport in Beijing. It marks the initiation of the 100-hour aircraft validation flight process, which will last until mid-February 2023. The testing process will comprehensively verify the reliability of the C919 with commercial operation in mind -- with the aim of ensuring its safety and efficiency. The C919 is China's first homegrown large jetliner. The first C919 aircraft was delivered to China Eastern Airlines earlier this month. The jetliner is expected to be put into commercial operation by China Eastern Airlines in the spring of 2023. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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New Kansai airport president

OSAKA, Japan - New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2013. Ando said his firm is sounding out foreign low-cost carriers, including China's Spring Airlines and Singapore Airlines' Scoot, to launch services using Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Spring Airlines launches Japan services

NARITA, Japan - A Spring Airlines Co. passenger jet arrives to a water-spraying welcome at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2014, the same day the Japanese unit of the Chinese budget carrier commenced three domestic routes after twice postponing the launch originally planned for May.

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Spring Japan jet takes off Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - A Spring Airlines jet departs Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2014, as the Japanese unit of the Chinese budget carrier commenced its service in Japan the same day.

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Spring Japan to sell indigenous products

TAKAMATSU, Japan - The Japanese unit of Chinese low-cost airline Spring Airlines Co. shows local specialties which the airline plans to sell on its flights at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on July 8, 2014. Local products will be sold on three routes connecting Narita with Takamatsu, Hiroshima, and Saga airports.

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Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Ugai, president of Spring Airlines Japan Co., apologizes at a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2014. The Japanese unit of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. said the same day it will postpone the start of flight services from June 27 as previously planned to Aug. 1 due to a delay in necessary preparations, including the training of crew members.

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Spring Airlines

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2014, shows an aircraft of Spring Airlines Japan at Narita airport near Tokyo. The Japanese unit of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. said the same day it will postpone the start of flight services from June 27 as previously planned to Aug. 1 due to a delay in necessary preparations, including the training of crew members.

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JTB invests in Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromi Tagawa (L front), president of Tokyo-based travel agency JTB Corp., and Wang Zhenghua, chairman of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co., shake hands after their press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2014. JTB has invested in Spring Airlines to boost travel between Japan and China.

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Spring Airlines serves Osaka-Shanghai route

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - An aircraft of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. serving the route between Osaka and Shanghai parks at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, western Japan, on March 15, 2014.

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Spring Airlines chairman meets press at Kansai airport

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Wang Zhenghua, chairman of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co., speaks to reporters at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on March 15, 2014.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A passenger plane operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. is seen on the tarmac at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014, as the airline company began daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka. Spring Airlines is the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A ceremony is held to mark the inauguration of Shanghai-Osaka flights by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014. Spring Airlines started daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka, becoming the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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Spring Airlines

OSAKA, Japan - Wang Wei (R), head of the Japan office of Spring Airlines Co., holds a press conference at Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014. The Chinese budget carrier will launch daily flights linking Shanghai and Osaka on March 15.

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Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Ugai (C), president of Spring Airlines Japan Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2013. The Japanese unit of the Chinese discount carrier Spring Airlines Co. plans to start scheduled passenger flights in late May 2014 linking Tokyo and three other cities in Japan.

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Spring Airlines freezes business expansion plans in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2012 shows passengers boarding a flight of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines bound for Ibaraki Airport in Japan at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in China. Spring Airlines, which currently operates flights to three Japanese cities, plans to freeze plans to fly to additional destinations in the country, the airline's chairman Wang Zhenghua said in late March 2013.