All China articles – Page 12
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NewsNo cheer as China expects 77% plunge in traffic during Labour Day holidays
Chinese civil aviation regulators forecast a 77% year-on-year decline in passenger traffic over the Labour Day holiday period, underscoring the travel restrictions Beijing has imposed in a bid to crush coronavirus infection numbers.
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Airline Business2020, again? Resurgent Covid-19 hammers Chinese carriers
China’s domestic air travel market has fallen off a cliff, as the country’s strict zero-infection policy clashes with a fresh wave of coronvirus infections.
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NewsPreliminary report into China Eastern 737 crash offers few details
Work to recover and analyse data from the flight recorders of the crashed China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 is ongoing, and could take a while given how “severely damaged” they were, say Chinese investigators.
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NewsChinese travel restrictions crush March air traffic
China’s war on coronavirus continues to hammer China’s three largest carriers, causing domestic traffic in March to plunge sharply.
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AnalysisSino-Russian CR929 to be another casualty of Ukraine invasion
As Russia’s aerospace sector reels under sanctions following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, a longer-term victim is likely to be the ambitious CR929 widebody, jointly developed by China and Russia.
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News737 Max faces mixed fate in China, as first delivery post-grounding looms
Two of China’s three largest carriers appear to be putting off taking new Boeing 737 Max aircraft in the near term, casting uncertainty the twinjet’s prospects in one of Boeing’s largest markets.
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NewsUS investigators assist probe into China Eastern 737 crash
US investigators have arrived in China to assist an ongoing probe into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800.
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ prolong loss-making streak as rising fuel costs, restrictions bite
China’s three largest carriers were deep in the red for a second consecutive year, widening their net losses and bucking a trend seen among some of the region’s airlines which have bounced back to profitability.
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NewsFlight-data recorder of crashed China Eastern 737 located
Rescuers have found the flight-data recorder of the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed in south China, as officials confirm that there are no survivors from the crash.
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NewsCrashed China Eastern 737 flight-data recorder still elusive
Investigators continue to recover significant aircraft components from the crashed China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800, though the jet’s flight-data recorder has yet to be found.
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Airline BusinessClamour for China Eastern crash theories is at odds with reality
Following the tragic loss of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 on Monday, scrutiny – informed or otherwise – has been intense, in general reporting and particularly on social media.
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NewsEngine part from crashed China Eastern 737 found, as search for flight-data recorder widens
Aircraft components from the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed in central China have been found more than 10km away from where the aircraft is said to have gone down, say investigators on the third day of search and rescue operations.
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NewsInvestigators find severely damaged flight recorder from crashed China Eastern 737
Investigators have located the cockpit-voice recorder belonging to the China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that crashed in central China.
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NewsDetails of doomed China Eastern 737 still scarce as Beijing launches sector-wide safety probe
More details surrounding the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed in central China have emerged, as work to locate the aircraft’s flight recorders continue.
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NewsChina Eastern grounds 737-800 fleet following crash
China Eastern Airlines has grounded its fleet of Boeing 737-800s, hours after one example crashed in central China.
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NewsChina’s first cargo airport completes flight testing
Ezhou Huahu airport — touted as China’s first “professional cargo hub” — has completed flight testing, paving the way for an eventual launch later in the year.
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Airline BusinessFuel volatility, Covid woes and acquisition talk in busy airline week
If ever a week featured a microcosm of the challenges and opportunities facing the airline industry, this might be it. The past few days saw crude oil – the price of which jet fuel tracks closely – fall back to around $100/barrel, having flirted with $130/barrel at some points over ...
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NewsNo festive cheer for China’s ‘Big Three’ as Omicron impacts February traffic
The Lunar New Year holidays in early February — traditionally a peak travel period — failed to significantly lift domestic traffic for China’s three largest carriers, amid a surge in coronavirus infections.
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NewsOmicron forces flight diversions, cancellations in China
Chinese civil aviation regulators will divert a number of international arrivals at Shanghai Pudong to other cities in China, as the financial hub faces its worst-ever outbreak from the Omicron strain of the coronavirus.
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NewsChina Southern takes first pair of A319neos
China Southern Airlines has taken delivery of a pair of Airbus A319neos, becoming the first airline operator of the smallest and least-popular Neo variant.