Air China, one of China's biggest airline, on Monday made its maiden flight to Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, which has become the second destination of the airline in Africa, next to South Africa. With its launching flight, Air China touched down at the Bole International Airport in the capital of the East African country, which is a seat for headquarters of the African Union (AU) and t...
ICBC Financial Leasing Co, China's biggest financial leasing company, is to start promoting sales of the domestically built C919 airliner - the narrow-body aircraft being produced by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. The first prototype of the C919, to be used for test flights, was off the assembly line on Monday at COMAC's Shanghai factory. ICBC Financial Leasing is...
Airlines from mainland China and Taiwan are allowed to operate more cross-strait flights during 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year travel rush, effective from January 25 to February 22, 2016, according to a conference held in Taipei lately. The civil aviation authorities of mainland China and Taiwan have agreed to set no cap on the total number of cross-Strait flights added during the Spring Festival...
Over 30 students from an Asian polytechnic college completed 6-week practice training in Ameco on October 16th. The enrollment of students added 50% in 2015 because of the attractive course design. The cooperation is twice per year between this institution and Ameco since 2011. It's specially noted that avionic contents increases electronic besides mechanic training. Students may enter the cab...
China is poised to unveil a prototype of its first homegrown passenger jet that it hopes will compete with airliners from Boeing Co. and Airbus Group SE, setting the stage for the plane's first flight. Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, also known as COMAC, will roll out its single-aisle C919 airliner Monday at its factory in Shanghai. The plane's first test flight has been pushed...
Air China will launch a direct flight from Beijing to Havana, Cuba, on Dec. 27, linking China with the Caribbean for the first time. A Boeing 777-300ER airplane will leave Beijing three times a week, with a stop in Montreal. Previously, flights would go via Spain, Germany, France or Mexico. Chinese do not need visas to enter Jamaica, the Bahamas, Grenada, and the Turks and Caicos Isl...
On November 2, 2015, the first COMAC C919 with blue and green coatings to be assembled in Shanghai, rolled out of the newly-built final assembly workshop. Rollout means the completion of installation of body segments and airborne systems, which are ready for ground tests, and also laid a solid foundation for its maiden flight in the next stage. C919 is a short-medium range single-aisle jet whic...
The city's out-of-date air traffic control system is being propped up by air conditioners blasting cold air directly at machines that overheat easily as the aviation regulator attempts to avert breakdowns. Air traffic controllers warn that they are sometimes navigating blind as the overheating system -- used to direct planes and keep them at safe distances and altitudes -- causes the consol...
Shanghai Juneyao Airlines (HO) said on Saturday its operating revenue jumped 22.98 percent from a year earlier in the first nine months thanks to lower fuel price and robust travel demand. Juneyao Airlines made 6.26 billion yuan in January-September, in line with its own forecast. Net profit attributable to shareholders surged 122.51% to 0.97 billion yuan in the first three quart...
China's largest low-cost carrier Spring Airlines (SC) reported on Saturday that its operating revenue for the first three quarters jumped 13% from a year earlier to 6.33 billion yuan. The budget airline's net profit attributable to shareholders surged 83% to 1.20 billion yuan in the first nine months, the carrier said in its nine-month result. Basic earnings per share stood at...
Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines has entered the Japanese hotel sector. The Shanghai-based company unveiled its new Spring Sunny Hotel brand on October 28, as part of a joint venture with Sun Frontier Fudousan, a Japanese real estate management company. The first Spring Sunny Hotel is expected to launch in Nagoya in the first half of 2016. Longer term plans include the opening o...
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) has been banned from adding new flights and routes for the second time, for nearly 40 percent of flights leaving the airport were delayed in September. Only 64.56 percent of departures from the Shanghai Pudong airport left on time in September, ranking second from the bottom among 48 Chinese major airports, according to figures from the Civil Avi...
