China Airline Industry

Chinese airlines are avoiding flying over Russian airspace in newly approved flights to and from the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware and industry officials.

Airlines across the world are rushing to cut flights and costs, and warning of a hit to earnings, as a new virus that started in China spreads, raising fears of a pandemic that could plunge the global economy into recession.

An employee of Paytm has tested positive for coronavirus, pushing the e-wallet company to shut its Gurgaon office for two days. This is the 29th case that tested positive in India. The figures took a leap after a group of 15 Italian tourists tested positive for the disease over the last 24 hours. An Indian driver, who was travelling with them, has ...

China's first airliner designed to compete with Airbus and Boeing is off to a slow start. After the fanfare surrounding the C919's maiden flight in May, the single-aisle plane didn't fly again for four months and the two test aircraft have only made about two dozen flights since, well below the normal schedule for a new commercial jet.

India's burgeoning middle classes are taking to the skies in ever greater numbers, with passenger growth of 20 per cent in 2015 according to industry body IATA -- nearly double China's 11-per cent increase over the same period.

China plans to build more than 500 airports by 2020 to create a market worth over USD 153 billion for its general aviation industry.

India clocked a healthy 16.3 per cent growth in domestic air passenger traffic in June, the highest among seven major international markets including the US and China as the airlines kept their fares low to stimulate demand coupled with improved economic climate during the period, a report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said ...

The global aviation industry is reverberating with shock as well as a range of theories over the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, but most in the business think the unsolved mystery is more of a tragic red herring than a wake-up call for drastic changes.

A first-ever global deal on curbing the airline industry's rising carbon emissions was agreed Friday, the International Civil Aviation Organization said, though hammering out the details could take years.

China's airlines and airports continue to have the worst flight delays in the world, according to a travel industry monitor.

China's first airplane to use biofuel made its inaugural flight on Friday morning, jetting off from Beijing International Airport. According to Air China, the Boeing 747 used a biofuel developed from algae and jatropha, a tree grown in south China that produces an oily nut.

Chinese airlines are avoiding flying over Russian airspace in newly approved flights to and from the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware and industry officials.

Airlines across the world are rushing to cut flights and costs, and warning of a hit to earnings, as a new virus that started in China spreads, raising fears of a pandemic that could plunge the global economy into recession.

An employee of Paytm has tested positive for coronavirus, pushing the e-wallet company to shut its Gurgaon office for two days. This is the 29th case that tested positive in India. The figures took a leap after a group of 15 Italian tourists tested positive for the disease over the last 24 hours. An Indian driver, who was travelling with them, has ...

China's first airliner designed to compete with Airbus and Boeing is off to a slow start. After the fanfare surrounding the C919's maiden flight in May, the single-aisle plane didn't fly again for four months and the two test aircraft have only made about two dozen flights since, well below the normal schedule for a new commercial jet.

India's burgeoning middle classes are taking to the skies in ever greater numbers, with passenger growth of 20 per cent in 2015 according to industry body IATA -- nearly double China's 11-per cent increase over the same period.

China plans to build more than 500 airports by 2020 to create a market worth over USD 153 billion for its general aviation industry.

India clocked a healthy 16.3 per cent growth in domestic air passenger traffic in June, the highest among seven major international markets including the US and China as the airlines kept their fares low to stimulate demand coupled with improved economic climate during the period, a report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said ...

The global aviation industry is reverberating with shock as well as a range of theories over the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, but most in the business think the unsolved mystery is more of a tragic red herring than a wake-up call for drastic changes.

A first-ever global deal on curbing the airline industry's rising carbon emissions was agreed Friday, the International Civil Aviation Organization said, though hammering out the details could take years.

China's airlines and airports continue to have the worst flight delays in the world, according to a travel industry monitor.

China's first airplane to use biofuel made its inaugural flight on Friday morning, jetting off from Beijing International Airport. According to Air China, the Boeing 747 used a biofuel developed from algae and jatropha, a tree grown in south China that produces an oily nut.