The airline industry of the two largest developing nations of the world are high on artificial wings. When the world is experiencing the aftermath of the global financial meltdown, China seems to rake in moolah from the airline industry. China has more than 1200 aircraft owned by the airlines and is expected to cross the 1500 mark by 2010. The airline industry in India is expanding steadily but the strategies adopted by the airlines and the government are hitting their bottom line. However, the Chinese airlines supported by the government has ensured more than $ 1 billion in profits for the first nine months of 2009-10. 
The industry structure of both China and India are dominated by three to four major airlines. The difference lies in the target market. China on one hand is investing heavily on small airports for regional development, India on the other hand is finding difficult to do so. The non alignment of the strategies of the government and the airlines in India has made it difficult for the industry to reach the profit levels. Also there is a saying that ‘A strategy is as good as its implementation’, which China has always excelled in. Can we term it as one of the positives of communism?
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