- Shanghai Airlines Plans Cross-Strait Flights[Sep. 22, 2006]
The first chartered plane transporting Taiwan business people in Shanghai to Taipei for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival will take-off on September 30 from Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
- CAAC: Air Travel Set to Take Flight by 2010[Sep. 23, 2006]
By 2010, 270 million Chinese will travel by air and the country will have a fleet of more than 1,500 aeroplanes, a top civil aviation industry official said on Friday.
- Boeing Delivers 737-800 to CR Airways[Sep. 21, 2006]
The Boeing Company today delivered a 737-800 to CR Airways, marking the first direct delivery of a Boeing Next-Generation 737 to a Hong Kong-based carrier. CR Airways, which is already the first Hong Kong-based airline to operate the Boeing Next-Generation 737-800, is using the new airplane to open a new route between Hong Kong and Tianjin on Sept. 25, marking its maiden flight. This airplane is the third 737-800 in the CR Airways' fleet.
- Air China Signs US$15 Mln Deal with Sabre[Sep. 18, 2006]
Sabre Airline Solutions, the leading provider of software and services to the airline industry, announced today that Air China, China's National Flag Carrier, has signed a $15 million USD agreement for Sabre to implement a modern Flight Operations Control Center.
- Air France Celebrates 40 Years to Shanghai[Sep. 18, 2006]
Air France last week celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Paris-Shanghai service.
- New Private Airline Gets Ready to Take-off[Sep. 19, 2006]
On 18th September, Shanghai-based private Juneyao Airlines said the company is ready to make its maiden flight on 25th September,although it does not yet know to which city it will fly to first.
- Air China Releases August Traffic Figures[Sep. 22, 2006]
Air China Ltd said in its recently released traffic figures that it carried more than 3.124 million passengers in August, up 14.3% from August 2005.
- Air China Cargo Flies Shanghai-Copenhagen[Sep. 21, 2006]
On 20th September, Air China Cargo officially launched Shanghai-Beijing-Copenhagen cargo services operated by a Boeing 747-200 freighter.
- China: Ambitious to Boost Airport Sector[Sep. 14, 2006]
Showing great ambition to boost airport industry, the Chinese mainland will invest 140 billion yuan (17.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the construction of airports during the 11th five-year plan from this year to 2010, a Chinese official said.
- Work Begins on World's 2nd Highest Airport[Sep. 07, 2006]
On 7th September, construction began on what will be the world's second highest airport in Kangding, a predominantly Tibetan region in southwest China's Sichuan Province.