On January 18 and 19, Sichuan Airlines (SCAL) successively launched direct routes from Tokyo to Chengdu and from Osaka to Chengdu. There are total four flights from Tokyo to Chengdu each week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday). Departure of outbound flight 3U8086 is 20:30 Tokyo time, arriving in Chengdu at 00:50 (+1). Departure of inbound flight 3U8085 is 13:20 from Chengdu, arriving in To...
Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department and Airbus Helicopters signed an agreement for an order of one H155 medium helicopter for police, law enforcement and other public services, to be delivered in the beginning of 2017. Mission equipment for Shaanxi’s H155 includes a powerful searchlight, an electrical hoist and rappelling system, firefighting equipment, and a loud speak...
Piper Aircraft, Inc. has received an amendment to the Validation of its Type Certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for the addition of Garmin G1000 avionics in the Archer training TX/LX aircraft. The approval was made by CAAC on December 21, 2015. "CAAC's approval of G1000 in the Archer is exceptionally exciting news for Piper and p...
Up to January 2016, Ameco has completed freighter conversion on five Boeing 757-200s in its Chengdu Branch, located in Shuangliu International Airport. The fifth freighter was finished in last December, and it was also the third aircraft from SF Airlines, a subsidiary of SF Express. The converted freighter shows a good performance in flight test. It is reported that China air express market wil...
China will allocate about 77 billion yuan ($11.7 billion) for investment in civil aviation this year, beginning with 11 key projects, as the country looks to improve infrastructure to cope with surging air-travel demand and bolster economic growth. The country also will begin 52 aviation-related expansion or upgrading projects this year, and a blueprint for new airports to be built by 2030 will...
Beijing has allowed Chinese citizens to begin using Taiwan as a transit point for onward international flights. Last week, China's Taiwan Affairs Office said passengers flying from Nanchang, Kunming Changshui and Chongqing would be allowed to transit through Taipei Taoyuan International Airport before flying on to a third destination. Reuters reports the two sides have been discussing...
Chinese drone maker Ehang Inc. on Wednesday unveiled what it calls the world's first drone capable of carrying a human passenger. The Guangzhou, China-based company pulled the cloth off the Ehang 184 at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the CES gadget show. In a company video showing it flying, it looks like a small helicopter but with four doubled propellers spinning parallel to the g...
A passenger on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines "slightly wounded" the co-pilot on a flight from Amsterdam to Beijing on Sunday. Flight 897 was en route to Beijing when "a confused passenger locked himself in the toilets and inflicted slight wounds on himself," the airline said in a statement. "He then slightly wounded the co-pilot in one of the kitchens in the cabin."...
Bank of China has hired Goldman Sachs and BOC International as joint sponsors for the planned Hong Kong listing of its aviation arm, expected to raise about $3 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. Bank of China aims to launch the initial public offering (IPO) of lessor BOC Aviation, based in Singapore, in the second quarter of this year, the people sai...
China's civil aviation sector saw improved safety in flights, according to a senior official in charge on Friday. Chinese civil aircraft have completed 3.62 million safe flights for a total of 8.46 million hours, up 7.4 percent and 10.8 percent year on year respectively, according to Li Jian, deputy head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The frequency of severe aircraft inci...
China rejected a protest from Vietnam over a flight test it has conducted on a new airstrip on a man-made island in the South China Sea, saying it is part of China's territory. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Saturday it conducted a civil flight test on the newly built airstrip on Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands, a chain of islets rich in natural resources that are the focal point...
China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited, the largest independent aircraft operating lessor in China, today announced that it has completed the delivery of the third and the fourth of six A320 aircraft to China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (“China Eastern Airlines” or “CEA”). These two aircraft were delivered on 23 and 24 December, at the facilities of Airbus i...
