The Chinese air transport sector has seen its largest-ever volume of passenger movements over the week-long National Day holiday, better known as Golden Week.
China’s AG600 seaplane has entered the Type Inspection Approval (TIA) phase, completing airspeed calibration test flight on Aug. 30, AVIC has announced.
China's international passenger volume is 20 percentage points below 2019, but its entire international air transport capacity is 3.7% above pre-COVID levels.
Boeing has delivered its first Boeing 737-8 to China in nearly five years since the Civil Aviation Administration of China grounded the type in March 2019.
Passenger volume for the Chinese New Year is expected to exceed 2019 levels to reach 80 million, due to relaxed travel restrictions and a longer holiday period.
Chinese startup AutoFlight has flown a prototype of a firefighting version of its CarryAll electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed cargo aircraft.
The news of the capacity boost comes on the heels of China’s “Big Three” carriers all reporting their first quarterly profits since the pandemic started.
