China plans to buy 218 aircraft this year to meet the increasing demand, a senior official said on Sunday.
The new orders will include jumbo jets and regional aircraft, said Li Jiaxiang, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
China would expect 700 million passenger trips a year by 2020, and the number is likely [...]
China’s civil aviation administration is encouraging domestic and foreign airlines to open flights linking Tibet to help boost the autonomous region’s economy and tourism.
In a circular released yesterday, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said 18 measures would be adopted to enhance civil aviation infrastructure and services in Tibet.
Domestic and foreign airlines are encouraged [...]
Air China Ltd, the nation’s flag carrier, inched a step closer to its goal of finalizing an air cargo joint venture with Cathay Pacific Airways by the end of June after the government approved a 1.5 billion-yuan capital injection into the airline.
The Beijing-based airline, also the nation’s largest international carrier, will receive the funds from [...]
China has not ruled out the possibility of installing body scanners at major airports, a top civil aviation official said.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is still considering the pros and cons of the body scanner, since it involves passengers’ privacy, Li Jiaxiang, head of CAAC, has revealed.
“It is our concern that while we [...]
China’s civil aviation industry moved out of the red and began to report overall profits in 2009, according to Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Civil aviation firms reported total profits of 12.2 billion yuan (1.79 billion U.S. dollars), compared with 2008’s losses of 26 billion yuan, said Wang Changshun, deputy director of the CAAC, at [...]
China’s civil aviation industry moved out of the red and began to report overall profits in 2009, according to Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Civil aviation firms reported total profits of 12.2 billion yuan ($1.79 billion), compared with 2008’s losses of 26 billion yuan, said Wang Changshun, deputy director of the CAAC, at a national [...]
