Air China chairman Kong Dong is aiming to tap China’s vast potential, heading an ambitious drive to position his carrier among the top 10 airlines worldwide within the next six years

If China’s population, economic strength and growing international prominence are any gauge, in a few years it will have one of the world’s most lucrative airline markets. The country’s carriers certainly seemed on track earlier this decade, with several years of breakneck growth resulting in back-to-back record profits. But that ideal world came tumbling down in 2008 as the economic crisis and fears over the H1N1 virus affected demand, and high fuel prices drove up costs.

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