- Superstructure of Beijing Airport Railway Completed[Jan. 10, 2007]
Construction of Beijing airport light rail line reached a milestone this week with the completion of a superstructure, according to the municipal rail management company.
- British PM Savaged over Holiday Flights Stance[Jan. 10, 2007]
Environmentalists savaged British Prime Minister Tony Blair over his refusal to give up long-haul holiday flights in the interests of saving the planet on January 9.
- Hong Kong-Zhuhai Airport Joint Venture Achieves Initial Success[Jan. 07, 2007]
Zhuhai Airport (ZHA) saw strong passenger volumes during the last three months of 2006, contributing to record annual throughput of 800,000 passengers, up 25 per cent from 2005 and well ahead of 2006's target of 760,000 passengers.
- FedEx to Open New Center in Guangzhou[Jan. 08, 2007]
The FedEx Asia-Pacific Transshipment Center, an international air express hub located in the east of the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, is scheduled to be put into operation in 2008.
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport Tops in International Passenger Traffic in 2006[Jan. 08, 2007]
Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China's leading metropolis, handled 17.15 million passengers from overseas last year, up 9.4 percent year-on-year and besting other Chinese airports.
- Six-month Trial for Simplifying Passenger Travel Starts at Hong Kong International Airport[Jan. 05, 2007]
Hong Kong permanent identity card holders, who are frequent flyers between Hong Kong and London, will be invited to participate in "SPEED", a Simplifying Passenger Travel (SPT) trial jointly conducted by Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), Hong Kong Immigration Department and Cathay Pacific Airways from January to June, 2007.
- Shanghai's Pudong Airport Ranked World's 7th Busiest in Freight and Mail Volume in 2006[Jan. 01, 2007]
Shanghai Pudong International Airport was the world's seventh-busiest in terms of freight and mail volume in 2006, moving up one spot from the year before as a result of China's strong trade momentum, the Shanghai Airport Authority said on December 31, 2006.
- China Eastern Jet Tires Burst on Landing in Shanghai[Jan. 03, 2007]
Tires on a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 with 100 people aboard burst on landing in Shanghai, causing no injuries but forcing the airport to close for several hours, state press has reported.
- Stranded on The Runway[Dec. 29, 2006]
While Hong Kong's political action in recent days has focused on unruly students trying to disrupt the march of progress as they clamber over an obsolete clock tower, the Hong Kong Airport Authority released a report entitled "HKIA 2025."
- Brazilian Travelers Storm Airport Runway[Dec. 28, 2006]
Brazilian holiday travelers incensed about an overbooked flight stormed an airport tarmac to prevent a commercial jet from taking off, and a tourism industry leader said two months of chronic flight delays have created a "disaster" for tourism in Latin America's largest country.