BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's booming civil aviation industry is expected to see 710 million air passenger trips in 2020, up 7.6 percent from last year, according to the country's civil aviation authorities.

Air cargo volume is expected to rise 1.3 percent to 7.63 million tonnes, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

In 2020, the total air transport turnover of China's civil aviation is expected to reach 139 billion tonne-km.

China remained the world's second-largest civil aviation market in 2019, with the sector's revenue up 5.4 percent to 1.06 trillion yuan (about 155 billion U.S. dollars).