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News on the Aviation Industry in China

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Explaining China’s crash

Why Henan Airlines accident could point to a dangerous trend
Sep 3, 2010 (WiC 76)

It is not a line-up that China’s air safety bosses will have wanted to be part of. But a major crash in Yichun in Heilongjiang province at the end of August put them in uncomfortable company, alongside Colombia, Nepal and the Democratic ...

How corrupt officials sold flight rights for personal gain
Jul 9, 2010 (WiC 68)

Late last month Liu Yajun, a civil aviation director for the southern and central regions of the country, threw himself in front of a high-speed train in Guangzhou. Early press coverage was that Liu was a victim of depression and overwork. There ...

German air superiority

Why Air China aspires to be the nation’s answer to Lufthansa
May 7, 2010 (WiC 59)

Perhaps he’s keen on lederhosen. Or maybe a fan of Oktoberfest. Back in November last year, in an interview with Flight Global magazine, Air China chairman Kong Dong drew up a short list of the top airlines that he hoped ...

Dogfight over China’s skies

Competitors of Hainan Airlines unite to throttle its low price strategy
Mar 12, 2010 (WiC 52)

The leading lady in Feng Xiaogang’s blockbuster film If You Are the One plays an air hostess. For close observers of China’s aviation scene it will come as little surprise which airline she’s flying with. Indeed, while her appearance ...

A controversial departure
Dec 11, 2009 (WiC 42)

Does corporate China have more villains than Gotham City? The detention of Li Zeyuan last week for “economic crimes” was the latest in an increasingly long list of entrepreneurial arrests. In Li’s case, memories of another case – the ...

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 ...

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