China Southern, China Eastern and Air China are all now scrambling after the Chinese Govt announced in Feb 2010 that it was building a VFT ( Very Fast Train >280km/hr ) in a grid pattern linking Beijing in the north, Guongzhou in the South, Shanghai in East and Shenzhen in South East.
In other words ...." we are going to smash the Domestic Aviation market in China and you guys better get your act together and be Regional ( Asia) airlines....asap " !!!!
The VFT will be completed by 2016. Thats right 5 years to build
Minus a few villages , Bell Frogs, Panda's etc......but hey thats progress !
Meanwhile back in Petticoat Junction.....the Govts are still TALKING about the SYD-CBR run.
Hello..... is any one out there. ?????
Sure we may not have China's population to fuel this. But maybe some of the $$$$ from the Pink Batts could of at least turned over the soil.
