China

By David Casey
China-Singapore capacity has now exceeded 2019 levels as a new visa-free policy comes into place.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
The foreign carmaker is not identified, but Volkswagen Group China in 2022 built and flew a full-scale demo for an autonomous four-passenger eVTOL.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The agreement’s objective is to develop a robust low-altitude industrial ecosystem in Guangzhou, EHang says.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The “airworthiness configuration” demonstrator made its first flight in December in Hanyuan in Sichuan province.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Funded by Hong Kong-based Greater Bay Area Investments and Development for $225 million, Bokeo International Airport has an initial 50-year concession period.
Airports & Networks

By Matthew Fulco
Leading SSST’s Series A capital raise was a fund established by China’s National Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrading Fund (NMTUF).
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Geespace, the space arm of Chinese automobile giant Geely, launched 11 Geely-02 satellites into low Earth orbit on Feb. 3.
Space

By Graham Warwick
China’s Liaoning General Aviation Academy has completed the first flight of a prototype four-seat light aircraft powered by hydrogen combustion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Japan reestablished communications with its toppled Moon probe, which successfully touched down—in an unplanned orientation—last week.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
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.
Airports & Networks

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

By Thierry Dubois
The project is the company’s answer to an identified need for storage and end-of-life services in China.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
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.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
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.
Space

By David Casey
AirAsia is expanding its Chinese and Indian networks following Malaysia’s decision to ease visa entry rules.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
China appears to be changing its aerial operations tactics around the Taiwanese air defense identification zone, ramping up its sending of balloons.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Tony Osborne
The Pakistan Air Force is planning to acquire the Chinese J-31/FC-31 combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
EHang has conducted its first commercial flight demonstrations by a passenger-carrying electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC is in the process of certifying the firefighting variant of the MA60 turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion