Liebherr-Aerospace and Loong Air launched a long-term collaboration, with Liebherr-Aerospace providing major repair and re-coring services for the heat transfer equipment on Loong Air’s A320ceo/neo fleet. The re-coring, which includes full matrix replacement will be carried out at Liebherr’s site in Shanghai, Pudong (China), the dedicated service center for Chinese customers. Eric T...
AUTOFLIGHT has successfully completed China first 2-ton-class eVTOL dedicated spring tea transport trial in Guizhou, a mountainous province in western China. The trial deployed AutoFlight' CarryAll (V2000CG) – a fully autonomous, unmanned eVTOL aircraft – to transport fresh spring tea between Anshun and Guiyang, two Guizhou cities approximately 120km apart. The unmanned f...
MTU Maintenance Zhuhai, a 50/50 joint venture between MTU Aero Engines and China Southern Airlines, celebrates its 25th anniversary. Founded in 2001 as a greenfield operation, the company is now well on its way to becoming the world’s largest maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility for narrowbody aircraft engines. Since its establishment, it has completed more than 5,000 shop visits...
ExecuJet Haite' MRO facility at Tianjin Binhai International Airport has officially obtained a bonded maintenance approval, further reinforcing the company's international competitiveness. This new status allows the MRO centre to continue to provide streamlined, cost-effective maintenance services for foreign-registered business aircraft. The bonded area, that covers ExecuJet Haite...
Cathay welcomes the release of Igniting the SAF Market: Policy Pathways for Scaling Sustainable Aviation Fuel in China, a research study published by Peking University’s National School of Development in late 2025. The in-depth analysis and recommendations outlined in the study offer actionable insights on scaling SAF adoption in the Chinese Mainland through market measures on both supply an...
China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited has signed a firm order with Airbus for 30 A320neo Family aircraft to satisfy strong demand for the aircraft from its customer base. The agreement is the fifth order with Airbus, bringing the total number of Airbus aircraft ordered by CALC to 282, of which 203 are A320neo Family aircraft. Mike Poon, Executive Director and CEO of CALC comm...
Four-day fair featured 387 exhibitors from 22 countries and regions, signifying a 44% increase in scale and 29% rise in internationality. 174 static and dynamic aircraft were displayed both indoors and outdoors across an exhibition area of around 60,000 sqm. With 837 aircraft of various models sold, a figure some 250% higher than AERO Asia’s debut edition in 2023, the total transaction value...
Air China Cargo signed a purchase agreement for six Airbus A350F becoming the first customer to order the all-new A350F in the Chinese mainland. Air China Cargo, headquartered in Beijing, is China's only cargo airline that carries the national flag. Since June 2025, the airline has been operating all cargo aircraft in North China, East China, South China, and Southwest China. It has...
MTU Maintenance completed its 5,000th shop visit at its Zhuhai location. MTU Maintenance Zhuhai is a 50/50 joint venture between China Southern Airlines Ltd. and MTU Aero Engines. The location celebrated it with the entire staff.MTU’s team in China was able to reduce the time interval for an additional thousand shop visits yet again. It took the MRO facility less than two years to...
EHang announced the launch of its new-generation long-range pilotless eVTOL aircraft, the VT35. Building on the foundation of the earlier VT30 prototype, VT35 is an upgraded lift-and-cruise model designed for medium- to long-range applications including intercity, cross-sea, and cross-mountain transportation. With its autonomous flight capability, point-to-point efficiency, and eco-friendly e...
Shenzhen-based Haylion Technologies, a leader in Advanced Air Mobility infrastructure and energy systems, and Australia’s Skyportz, developer of a patented modular vertipad solution, today announced a strategic collaboration at the AAM Asia Symposium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. This collaboration will bring Skyportz’s innovative vertipad landing infrastructure to the Chinese...
With some three months to go until chocks away at AERO Asia 2025, the organisers have unveiled an impressive lineup featuring some of the industry’s most well-renowned companies, from both China and further afield. Set to take place from 27 – 30 November at the Zhuhai International Airshow Center, under the theme “A New Era: Explore More”, the show will explore nu...
