NetJets is the first Western company to begin air charter services in China following receipt of an air operator’s certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is encouraging Chinese carriers to go global, while foreign carriers are pushing for greater access to the China market.
China’s AVIC International Holding has formed Hong Kong-based Continental Motors Group (CMG) to consolidate its general aviation aircraft engine businesses and integrate development, manufacturing, sales and service.
China is making little progress in opening its skies to fixed-wing general aviation, industry officials say, four years after the announcement of what seemed like promising plans for liberalization.
Quest Aircraft Company has moved to expand its reach in China under an agreement that would give it a sales presence in the short term and ultimately provide for the manufacturing of its Kodiak single-turboprop aircraft here.
Cessna says that its new Citation X+ and Citation Sovereign+ models are on track to gain certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in early 2015.
Airbus Helicopters has delivered a twin-engine EC135 to Beijing’s 999 Emergency Centre and claims this is the first helicopter delivered to China already equipped for helicopter emergency services (HEMS).
Having enough skilled and qualified maintenance personnel and pilots is one of the key issues that needs to be addressed if China is to add large numbers of helicopters in the coming years, says Bell Helicopter China vice president, Chris Jaran.
China is an important potential market for the Airbus A380 according to Airbus China, but so far Chinese carriers have opted for smaller widebodies to serve long-haul international markets.
Thales has disclosed that Lion Group, Indonesia’s largest privately-owned airline group, has chosen the Thales avionics system for its Airbus narrowbody aircraft on order.
An intended order for 100 A320-family aircraft by China Aircraft Leasing will likely feed the growth of new Chinese carriers and perhaps cover the shortage of orders placed by the country’s big airlines.
Cessna’s joint venture with China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (CAIGA) has delivered two XLS+ aircraft to a Chinese customer, but these were flown into China from the U.S. factory already fully completed.
Two days after the cabin mockup the of MA700 was unveiled at Airshow China, AVIC Shanghai Aviation Electric Co., Ltd. (AVIC SAE) and Avic Aircraft Xi’an Branch signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate on the MA700, for which they will provide a two-level power distribution system，control panel assembly and dimming control system.
Nexcelle, the joint venture between GE’s Middle River Aircraft Systems and Safran’s Aircelle, plans to give China manufacturing work on the CFM LEAP-1C engine nacelle that it is being developed for the C919.
Xi’an Aircraft appears to have overcome the setbacks it experienced in Southeast Asia by finding new customers for its MA60 turboprop regional airliner.
ST Aerospace, in the face of intense price competition from rivals, is trying to differentiate itself and command a better price by bundling services and products.
The boss of AVIAGE, GE and AVIC’s global joint-venture in the avionics market, recognizes that much work needs to be done to earn the confidence and trust of aircraft-makers and other original equipment makers outside (OEMs) of China.
Russian manufacturer of aircraft powerplants United Engine Corporation (UEC) is preparing for the first flight test of its new commercial product – the PD-14 engine. This 14-ton-thrust turbofan, designed to power Russia's new MS-21 narrowbody airliner, is expected to take off on the flying laboratory in March 2015. The Ilyushin Il-76 testbed will be ready in December this year.
China’s commercial aviation market is growing so fast that the head of Boeing China predicts that deliveries in the next ten years will be about the equivalent of what it has delivered to China in the past 40 years.
China’s commercial aviation market grew last year by 12.6% to 566 billion revenue passenger kilometers, making China the second-largest commercial aviation market in the world. And it is set to average 7.6% growth over the next 20 years.
Guiyang-based China Express, one of the country’s few privately-owned domestic regional carriers, has placed an order for 16 additional Bombardier CRJ900s, making it the largest Bombardier operator in China.
