China now has a budget airline terminal, even though it has no real budget airline industry. The country’s first such terminal has opened at Zhengzhou (“jeng-jo”) in north central China, serving Spring Airlines and reflecting the confidence of the Henan provincial authorities that major no-frills business is coming, even if it hasn’t arrived yet.

Indonesian airlines will have to operate at least five aircraft from April, says Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal. They will have to own at least two of them, he adds. The country is trying to raise the safety standards of the many airlines that have proliferated in its skies over the past few years. The Antara news agency reported the minister’s remarks.

Northwest and the V Australia long-haul subsidiary of Virgin Blue have agreed to feed traffic to each other with the new Australian carrier’s transpacific flights, which will begin on Dec. 15 with a service between Sydney and Los Angeles. V Australia is describing the arrangement as a ticketing partnership, in which a single ticket will take a passenger on connecting flights of the two airlines. The new airline will fit its forthcoming 777-300ER fleet with economy, premium economy and business- class cabins.