The helicopters will be based in Tsechokling airport in the regional capital of Lhasa, and can take off in 25 minutes if needed.
The group's accommodation business was mostly hit with reservation revenue in Q1 dropping 62 percent year-on-year to 1.2 billion yuan. Transportation ticketing revenue, packaged-tour revenue and corporate travel revenue in Q1 witnessed year-on-year decreases of 29 percent, 50 percent and 47 percent, respectively.
The growth was higher than the 0.2-percent increase in profits last year. Boosted by the announcement, the company's shares listed in Hong Kong rose 2.78 percent on Thursday.
The growth rate of the international hotel business and international air business excluding Skyscanner in Q1 more than doubled that of the China outbound traffic growth in the same period, the report showed.
The growth, in real terms after deducting price factors, stood at 8 percent, 1.8 percentage points faster than that of rural areas nationwide.
The gross industrial output value of the 80 major companies in the shipping industry amounted to 284.35 billion yuan during the first nine months of this year, down 6.9 percent from the same period a year ago.
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The growth in deliveries enabled the company to generate 4 million of free cash flow in the second quarter.
The guideline is intended to spur a recovery in spending, foster new growth drivers and further stimulate consumption and unleash its potential, Gao said.
The home appliance sector's demand for steel, however, is estimated to climb 3.7 percent year-on-year to reach 14 million tons next year. Consumption this year is estimated to increase 8 percent from last year to stand at 13.5 million tons.
The hardest-hit US state of California reported 555,797 cases, followed by Florida with 532,806 cases, Texas with 497,915 cases and New York with 420,860 cases, the data showed. Other states with over 180,000 cases included Georgia, Illinois, Arizona and New Jersey.