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News on the Aviation Industry in China

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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). ...

The past week has produced bad news for Chinese flyers
Jul 19, 2013 (WiC 202)

One wonders if there weren’t a few public relations experts back in 2004 who cautioned Boeing against naming their new passenger jet the Dreamliner. If so, there was another “I told you so” moment last week, as another fire, this time on ...

Dreamliner makes debut flight in China
Jun 21, 2013 (WiC 198)

Dreams were dashed on June 6 for passengers hoping to be the first to fly on China Southern’s new Boeing 787. The Dreamliner’s maiden commercial flight from Guangzhou was cancelled due to poor visibility at its destination, Beijing. The ...

Come fly with me

Motorbike tycoon wants to become a higher-flier in plane industry
Apr 5, 2013 (WiC 187)

When Zuo Zongshen was profiled for a documentary by the New York Times about the development of modern China, the man behind the Zongshen Motorcycle Technology Corporation characterised his own life as a rags to riches story. “My family and I ...

Beijing’s second airport moves a step closer, at a cost of over $11 billion
Feb 1, 2013 (WiC 180)

It was a case of first the smog and then the snow for Beijing’s long-suffering air passengers last month, after hundreds 0f flights were either cancelled or delayed due to the wintry conditions. But at least it sounds like the chances of an ...

HNA Group buys into airline for access to French flight rights
Nov 30, 2012 (WiC 174)

20:20 vision, a minimum height of 6’2” and an ability to communicate in English is no longer enough. Pilot wannabes for China’s fourth largest carrier Hainan Airlines now have another major test to pass, after company officials were ...

US aviation firm pockets $50 million break fee
Nov 9, 2012 (WiC 171)

Only a couple of months ago, budding aviation entrepreneur Cheng Shenzong told 21CN Business Herald that he was sure that his plans to acquire troubled US aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft would go ahead (see WiC160). The newspaper even described ...

In for the long haul

Why China Southern’s losing money flying its new A380 jets
Oct 19, 2012 (WiC 168)

When Orville Wright first took to the air in 1903, his inaugural flight travelled a triumphant 120 feet. On that December morning, as the aviation industry was born, could the inventor have envisaged that one day an aircraft would be built with a ...

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