China

Fitch Ratings says the recovery of international service is what will determine whether China’s airline market fully recovers—in terms of traffic—this year.

The aerospace and defense industry is grappling with a growing set of complex geopolitical risks in the Indo-Pacific.

The project is the company’s answer to an identified need for storage and end-of-life services in China.

JAXA has temporarily powered down its ailing lunar lander so that it has sufficient power to restart the craft once the Sun shines on it at the right angle.

Chinese private space company Orienspace has launched its first rocket into orbit, a solid-fueled Gravity-1 carrying three Yunyao-1 satellites, from a barge.

XPeng AeroHT plans to start making its “Land Aircraft Carrier:” an electric, off-road SUV that carries a two-passenger personal eVTOL aircraft in its trunk.

U.S. military space operational commands got new leaders this week, as two recently confirmed generals took over Spacecom and the U.S. Space Force’s SpOC.

AirAsia is expanding its Chinese and Indian networks following Malaysia’s decision to ease visa entry rules.

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.

China appears to be changing its aerial operations tactics around the Taiwanese air defense identification zone, ramping up its sending of balloons.

Cathay Pacific is axing on average 12 flights daily for the rest of January and February to avoid cancellations during the busy Chinese New Year period.

The Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility is particularly of interest to the U.S. Department of Defense.

The Pakistan Air Force is planning to acquire the Chinese J-31/FC-31 combat aircraft.

EHang has conducted its first commercial flight demonstrations by a passenger-carrying electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.

AVIC is in the process of certifying the firefighting variant of the MA60 turboprop.

The uncrewed vehicle, which Xinhua described as a test platform, was launched by the two-stage Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

A Comac C919 is participating in a five-day exhibition flight to Hong Kong, marking the airliner’s first time flying outside of mainland China.

Space launch activity reached an all-time high in 2023, but public new-space company valuations remain pressured.

Chinese commercial aircraft manufacturer Comac has displayed a model of a 19-seat all-electric regional aircraft, the CE-25A.

PT Dirgantara Indonesia is considering setting up a final assembly line in China after agreeing on sales of 25 N219 turboprop aircraft to the country.

AirAsia is adding service China and India after Malaysia’s decision to introduce visa-free entry, while AirAsia X is opening a Central Asia route.

The unnamed tandem flying-wing UAS was unveiled at the China Hi-Tech Fair, where it was flying with four electric-powered motors, two on each wing.

The resumption of military-to-military talks between the U.S. and China will start with theater commanders.

Dubbed the AR-2000, the new RWUAS at Dubai Airshow is the latest in an evolving line of more capable, Chinese-developed unmanned rotary-wing vehicles.

Thai Airways is now focusing on adding capacity to India while awaiting the delivery of new aircraft.