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Aviation

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Media celebration as China’s locally-made jet finally takes to the skies
May 12, 2017 (WiC 365)

In discussing their aviation industry the Chinese sometimes talk in terms of ‘800 million shirts’. Puzzled? Well, as Beijing News points out, the calculation is that this many garments have to be exported to pay for each Airbus A380 purchased ...

Pressure increases for more of China’s drone fans to fly them safely
Feb 24, 2017 (WiC 355)

Since the start of 2016 there have been at least eight major drone accidents – one saw an unmanned aerial vehicle crash into a Munich autobahn, another collided with a Boeing 747 in Mozambique. China has had a few accidents too compelling ...

China Eastern seeks investment firm status
Dec 9, 2016 (WiC 349)

Warren Buffett made a surprise swoop in November, buying stakes in four airlines in the US with a $1.3 billion investment. Famous for disdaining the sector as a “death trap”, the billionaire seems to have changed his mind, basing his bet on ...

China Eastern embarrassed by slew of incidents
Dec 9, 2016 (WiC 349)

Our previous story reports how bosses at China Eastern are planning to diversify their businesses. But most of the news about the airline last week had more of an operational focus after three consecutive incidents at the end of ...

New stealth fighter makes appearance at Zhuhai show
Nov 11, 2016 (WiC 345)

Blink and you missed it. That was the story from the Zhuhai air show on November 1, when China’s first stealth fighter – the Chengdu J-20 – made its public debut. Of course, the whole idea is that the J-20 doesn’t appear at all, with ...

China Eastern and China Southern to depart to new Beijing airport
Sep 2, 2016 (WiC 338)

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) admitted in May that average flight delays last year reached 21 minutes, two minutes more than the year before. The bad news for passengers is that the situation looks likely to get worse as ...

HNA bids for Swiss caterer in yet another international M&A deal
Apr 22, 2016 (WiC 321)

When we first mentioned Hainan Airlines in WiC52, the airline was facing a three-pronged attack from China’s largest carriers – Air China, China Eastern and China Southern – after slashing prices on popular routes. Six years later Hainan ...

Another Chinese bid for a German airport
Apr 1, 2016 (WiC 318)

Some sommeliers say that German wines are the perfect accompaniment for spicy Chinese food, with the sweetness of a Mosel Riesling providing just the right foil to hotter dishes from provinces such as Sichuan. But will the airports of the ...

C919 goes on display, but yet to take off
Nov 13, 2015 (WiC 303)

Drole de coincidence? (a funny coincidence).” Such was the reaction of the French press to the unveiling of China’s first homegrown passenger jet on the same day that French President Francois Hollande touched down in China to discuss climate ...

Joy Air plans expansion, as investor China Eastern heads for the exit
Oct 23, 2015 (WiC 300)

The Flying Tigers was the nickname bestowed upon the First American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force. Its purpose: to defend the Chinese against Japanese incursions following America’s entry into the Second World War. In 1943, a ...

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