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News on the Aviation Industry in China

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Plane, but not simple

Chinese aerospace firm tempts foreign partners
Dec 11, 2009 (WiC 42)

Launching new aircraft is an expensive business. Boeing will have spent close to $20 billion by the time that its long-delayed 787 “Dreamliner” takes to the air. There is talk of a test flight this month. Not that Airbus is crowing over ...

Airline boss talks of big opportunities in China
Nov 13, 2009 (WiC 38)

From peering through the barbed wire on the border thirty years ago through to his now regular trips to meetings in Beijing, Cathay Pacific chief executive Tony Tyler has seen more of the Chinese aviation world than most. Last week, Tyler ...

In it for the long haul

Should Airbus and Boeing worry about the Chinese C919?
Sep 18, 2009 (WiC 31)

If you want to understand China’s aerospace future, all you need to know is your alphabet. There’s an A for Airbus, a B for Boeing; and now a C from China. That was one interpretation of the unveiling of a China-made commercial jet ...

A merger’s in the air

China Eastern aims to swallow local rival Shanghai Airlines
Jun 19, 2009 (WiC 20)

With time and patience”, promises the Chinese proverb, “the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.” China Eastern’s intrepid shareholders will be hoping that perseverance will pay similar dividends on their own investment, although ...

Airfields of Dreams

China’s feeder airports struggle to make ends meet
May 15, 2009 (WiC 15)

Airport architects in China know how important it is to accommodate the local bigwigs: there has to be a VIP check-in area as well as an ostentatious official lounge (smoking? No problem). A fast-track immigration channel and limousine drop-off ...

Waning star of the east

China’s new airlines are struggling
Apr 24, 2009 (WiC 12)

Chief executives at low cost airlines tend to be a combative lot, few more so than Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary. The European Commission (‘morons’), UK airports operator BAA (‘overcharging rapists’), British Airways (‘expensive ...

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