- ARJ21 to Start Commercial Operation in 2008[Oct. 30, 2006]
China's first internally-developed regional jet, the ARJ21 is expected to get its air-worthiness certificate in 2007 and go into commercial operation in 2008, sources with China Aviation Industry Corporation I (AVIC I) said here on October 30.
- Russian Airline Flies Sanya-Saint Petersburg[Oct. 30, 2006]
Transaero Airlines, a Russian airline, launched maiden flights between Saint Petersburg, Russia's second city, and Sanya, in China's island resort province of Hainan, on October 30.
- Yun-7 Donated to China Civil Aviation Museum[Oct. 29, 2006]
On October 26, China Eastern Wuhan Branch Company (formerly Wuhan Airlines) donated a retired Yun-7 100 (known as Y7-100 in short) type aircraft to the China Civil Aviation Museum. According to airline officials, the aircraft is 16-year-old, and was delivered to Wuhan Airlines in September 1990.
- Air China Limited Announces 3Q Results[Oct. 27, 2006]
Air China Limited ("Air China" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries, collectively the "Group") today announced its results for the three months ended September 30, 2006 (the "Review Period" or the "Period"). (Important notice: All figures in this report were not audited and are prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP.)
- Cathay Pacific Donates to Charities[Oct. 25, 2006]
Cathay Pacific Airways has donated 64.7 million shares that it held in China National Aviation Company Limited to 71 Hong Kong, Mainland and Asian charities.
- Korean Air Sees China as '2nd Home Market'[Oct. 27, 2006]
On October 26, Korean Air Co. said it will increase flight services to China by 40 percent next year and invest more in logistics infrastructure as the Chinese market is expected to boom with the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.
- China Southern Seeks Nod to Fly to Nepal[Oct. 27, 2006]
China Southern Airlines has sought approval by the Nepali Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation to fly on Guangzhou-Kathmandu sector, a source with the ministry has said.
- No Timetable for Large Aircraft Manufacture[Oct. 26, 2006]
China still has no definite timetable for making big planes, but is on the way of feeder plane manufacture, said a senior official on October 25.
- China to Buy 2,900 Planes in Next 20 Years[Oct. 25, 2006]
China's airline operators plan to spend 280 billion U.S. dollars to purchase 2,900 new airplanes over the next twenty years, according to a forecast made by the Boeing Company in Shanghai on October 25.
- In The Air, Women Don't Hold Up Half The Sky[Oct. 23, 2006]
Liu Xiaolin was one of the five women to be enrolled in China Civil Aviation Flight College in 2003 to become airline pilots.