(Yicai Global) Oct. 17 -- The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has achieved a continuous 85 months of safe transport aviation, over 54 million hours, matching the world's best safety record.

CAAC held a press conference today to introduce its safe development since this year and the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

The aviation flow increased 42.54 percent from 3.275 million to 4.668 million flights during the five years, an average daily increase from 8973 to 12790. The number of general aviation airports increased from 183 to 218, while public transport airlines increased from 46 to 59 and of cargo planes from 1941 to 2950, Zhang Chunzhi, Party Secretary of the CAAC Monitoring Center explained.

Domestic service had a passenger capacity of 410 million in the first three quarters, an annual growth of 13.3 percent, related Ji Yuan, deputy director of CAAC's Development and Planning Division. International service had a passenger capacity of 41.47 million with yearly growth of 5.2 percent, 8.1 percent lower than that of domestic service this year and 17.1 percent lower than the previous year.

As of the end of last year, China's aviation transportation scale had ranked second for 12 consecutive years in the world, second only to the US.