Tan Chengnian, a farmer from Shandong's Weifang City who had successfully flown his self-developed plane in 2005, announced to the media on April 23 that he would use his plane to make money. He decided to try commercial flights starting from May 1.

He plans to open two businesses and names his plane "bride," which will carry newly weds who get married during the May Day holiday "golden week". For ordinary passengers, the charge will be 200 Yuan (US$25) per flight.

(Chinanews.cn April 24, 2006)