- 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.
- Timetable Set for Making Large Planes in China[Jan. 09, 2007]
Hundreds of large planes fly in and out of Chinese airports daily but none has a Made-in-China label.
- 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.
- 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.
- Qantas Jobs Must Stay in Australia for Bid to Get Nod[Jan. 08, 2007]
Qantas must keep jobs and maintenance facilities in Australia if a consortium bidding to buy the airline is to win Australia's federal government approval.
- Airlines Need Clear Rules on Discount Fares[Jan. 05, 2007]
Should airlines lower their fares to fill seats or keep prices fixed and fly half-empty planes?
- China Signed 106 Aviation Bilateral Deals by 2006 End[Jan. 02, 2007]
China has signed 106 bilateral agreements on aviation transportation by the end of 2006, 13 of which were initial agreements, according to latest statistics released by the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC).
- China's Regional Airlines Set to Take Off in 2007[Jan. 04, 2007]
In Chinese astrology the pig usually symbolizes prosperity and luck.
- Airlines Could Lose Routes over Flight Delays[Dec. 28, 2006]
Airlines that are repeatedly behind schedule on a route could lose the right to fly the passage starting next year.
- Qantas Takeover Plan Sparks Fury[Dec. 31, 2006]
As Australians queued at airports for the great Christmas getaway, their national airline, Qantas - or the Flying Kangaroo, as it is known Down Under - was facing a controversial foreign takeover.