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. » Read more: Artificial Wings: Exploring the developing nations