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News on the Aviation Industry in China

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China’s passengers suffer 232-year flight delay
Mar 27, 2015 (WiC 275)

For those who regularly fly in China it will come as no surprise that it has been named once again as the country in which passengers are most likely to suffer delays. Passengers in China have just a 46% chance of taking off on time and face ...

Beijing gets the nod for second giant airport
Jan 9, 2015 (WiC 265)

Visitors to IKEA’s Chinese stores have been known to take naps on the beds on display. But last month the Swedish furniture giant scored a new marketing coup by creating a two-bedroom mini-store at Terminal 3 in Beijing’s airport, according ...

Chinese firms see boom in UAV sales
Nov 7, 2014 (WiC 259)

A blip on a radar screen caused consternation at Beijing’s international airport last December. Soon 1,226 armed personnel, 123 military vehicles, 26 radar technicians, two fighter jets and two helicopters were scrambled in response. But the ...

Welcome to the cheap seats

China Eastern unveils a low-cost airline to take on Air China
Jul 25, 2014 (WiC 247)

"Even if it is a stone, we’ll squeeze water and oil from it,” was the promise five years ago from Wang Zhenghua, founder of Spring Airlines, China’s best-known low-cost carrier (or LCC). That sounds like backbreaking work and it has ...

Investors weigh up Spring Airlines IPO
May 2, 2014 (WiC 235)

In April a Southwest Airlines flight attendant became an overnight sensation when a video of her pre-flight safety speech went viral on YouTube. In the video, Martha Cobb was seen telling passengers that she wanted them to position their seat ...

Mystery of the missing plane

China stunned by disappearance of flight from Malaysia
Mar 14, 2014 (WiC 229)

The media may not independently analyse or comment on the lost Malaysia Airlines flight. Related coverage must strictly accord with authoritative information issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China and with Xinhua News Agency wire ...

Struggling to get airborne

China’s newest jet is experiencing delays
Dec 13, 2013 (WiC 220)

The Farnborough airshow of 1952 hoped to showcase Britain’s leadership in global aviation, writes James Hamilton-Paterson in Empire of the Clouds: When Britain’s Aircraft Ruled the World. Instead it turned into a tragedy. Pilot John ...

We’ll take more bear of you

British Airways launches debut Chengdu flight to lure tourists to UK
Oct 4, 2013 (WiC 211)

In January 1999 Chengdu still seemed like a fairly exotic place. When the editor of this publication landed there that year, the first thing he noticed were the baggage handlers determinedly riding out towards the plane on their bicycles. Much ...

Why pilots are unhappy about their pay packages
Sep 27, 2013 (WiC 210)

As Ruili Airlines prepares for take-off in Yunnan (see previous article) the fledgling carrier could be heading into an industry row about pilot recruitment, following a public letter of complaint to the CAAC (the Civil Aviation Administration of ...

Come fly with me

China has banned new airlines for years. So why has Ruili now got one?
Sep 27, 2013 (WiC 210)

When China’s civil aviation ministry called a halt to the establishment of new airlines six years ago, it did so with safety in mind. Not surprisingly, the ban was extended after a crash in Yichun killed 42 passengers in 2010 (see WiC76). ...

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