A graft investigation into China Southern Airlines chairman Si Xianmin and five other senior executives in the biggest corruption probe to date in the world's fastest-growing aviation market has shed light on the sudden rise to prominence of domestic aircraft leasing companies. From very little presence a few years ago in a market dominated by western firms, mainland leasing compa...
Tianjin Airlines (GS), a subsidiary of Hainan Airlines (HU), is waiting government approval to launch its first intercontinental route - Tianjin-Chongqing-Vancouver, in June 2016, according to an announcement released Thursday on the website of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Pending government approval, Tianjin Airlines will use Airbus A330 aircraft on the new long...
An emergency evacuation slide opened on an Air China (CA) Airbus A330 aircraft after it landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) on Friday noon, said a source familiar with the matter. The emergency evacuation slide near the door 2L accidentally deployed by a passenger on the flight after the aircraft taxied to the apron, according to a Weibo post by @flyjohn. No injuries wer...
Get your wallets ready on Wednesday as a dozen of airlines are joining the "Double 11" promotions. "Double 11" or Singles' Day began as a day for single people, symbolised by the four number ones in the date of November 11 - 11/11. However, it has become the largest shopping holiday of the year since the online retail firm Alibaba adopted the day to promote a massive onl...
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) officially began offering its around-the-clock customs clearance service on Wednesday, according to the Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality. The 24/7 customs clearance will enable the airport to accommodate more international routes and increase the frequency of existing routes by making full use of night hours, said the airport. The...
Air China will start Chengdu-Paris nonstop service from December 12, 2015, which will make Paris the fifth European destination Air China serves from Chengdu after Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London and Moscow, and enable passengers from Chengdu to arrive in Paris within just around 11 hours. A city synonymous with chic and romance, Paris never ceases to be a dream destination for travelers. Outbound...
Next time you're stuck on a long-haul flight in a packed, economy-class cabin, being ignored by a frazzled flight attendant, spare a thought for the passengers on a recent flight from Melbourne to Chongqing in China. They were cows. Crated up and loaded onto the main deck of a Boeing Co. 747cargo plane by hydraulic lift, the 150 beasts were on Australia's first live cattle flight t...
Shandong Airlines will launch its first ever flights to India this week. Commencing on November 11, the airline will fly direct between Delhi and Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan province. The new service will run four times a week (Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays and Sundays), with the Monday and Friday flights continuing onwards between Kunming and Jinan - the cap...
China’s AVIC is displaying a model of the FC-31 fifth-generation fighter for the first time at Dubai, having first aired the concept at Airshow China in Zhuhai last year. A product of the Shenyang concern, the FC-31 is based to a large extent on that of a “J-31” prototype (31001) that has been flying since 2012, but shows some notable differences from that aircraft. The fins are...
China's four major carriers achieved an accumulated net profit of 20.97 billion yuan in the first nine months of this year, while all of them posted declines for the third-quarter profit due to exchange losses resulting from yuan depreciation. China Southern Airlines (CZ), the nation's largest carrier by passenger and fleet, reported a net profit of from January to September,...
Former China Aircraft Leasing Group chief executive Mike Poon Ho-man has mysteriously resurfaced in Hong Kong after being missing for six months, adding a new twist to a deepening graft probe that has just netted the top boss of China Southern Airlines. Poon, who went off the radar in June was sighted in town last week by several people. He is also said to have paid a visit to the company&...
A China Southern Airlines (CZ) flight bound for Shenyang with 113 passengers and eight crew made an emergency landing Monday after the pilot and passengers reported hearing unusual banging from beneath the plane, a source familiar with the matter said via Sina Weibo. Flight CZ3601, performed by an Airbus A320 aircraft (Registration B-9917), took off from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (...
