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News on the Aviation Industry in China

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Why one’s just not enough

Beijing searches for site to build a second airport
Feb 25, 2011 (WiC 96)

Most WiC readers probably have a complaint or two of their own about their experiences of antiquated airport infrastructure, especially those travelling regulary in Europe and the US. But few of us want to see a brand new airport built next ...

Ready for take-off?

China’s fourth biggest airline group taxis towards a Hong Kong listing
Jan 21, 2011 (WiC 92)

The new hit movie If You Are the One 2 featured top actress Shu Qui as a flight attendant; and in case you couldn’t guess the airline’s identity from her stylish uniform, the film also featured a long panning shot of an aircraft ...

Air traffic congestion is a growing headache for Chinese aviation
Oct 29, 2010 (WiC 83)

Blame the Martians, not us. At least it’s a novel excuse. And travel-weary passengers on Chinese airlines have been hearing a few of those recently. It follows news from Hangzhou in July that 18 flights were disrupted at the city’s ...

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 ...

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