Be based in wuhan; and by 2015 the number

By 2010, 15 large aircraft will be based in Wuhan; and China Travel by 2015, the number will be 30, with dozens of international direct and stopover flights to destinations such as Paris, Tokyo, Los Angeles, London, and Berlin.

Air China's Hubei branch will see the departure of its first flight on June 25 at Wuhan Tianhe Airport. Wuhan will be the second Chinese city, China Travel after Beijing, to have branches China Travel of all three of the largest state-owned airlines.

Under the agreement, Shandong Airlines and QTA will jointly develop the domestic tourism market by initiating marketing activities together in targeted tourist source markets. For inbound tourism, the two will organize promotional teams to Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea to promote Qingdao to the world and to attract more foreign tourists.