LONG-TERM DEPOSITS AND PREPAYMENTS (Details)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 CNY	Dec. 31, 2011 CNY
LONG-TERM DEPOSITS AND PREPAYMENTS
Deposits paid to airline suppliers		126,190,327	124,565,156
Unamortized debt issuance cost		32,396,007
Deposit paid to lessor		18,413,764	17,172,324
Prepayments for fixed assets		15,499,330
Deposit paid to travel bureau		110,000	110,000
Others		18,008,882	13,513,012
Total	$ 33,806,569	210,618,310	155,360,492

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Deposit Paid to Travel Bureau

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Other Deposit Assets

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of amounts paid in advance for expenses which will be charged against earnings in periods after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17)

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 17

-Article 5

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The amount of an asset, typically cash, provided to a counterparty to provide certain assurance of performance by the entity pursuant to the terms of a written or oral agreement, such as a lease.

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The remaining balance of debt issuance expenses that were capitalized and are being amortized against income over the lives of the respective bond issues. This does not include the amounts capitalized as part of the cost of the utility plant or asset.

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