Boeing Business Jets awarded Jet Aviation Basel a contract to complete the interiors of two Boeing B777-300ER aircraft on behalf of an undisclosed client in Asia. The project is slated for immediate commencement.
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A debate about the need for global flight-tracking and data streaming is back on the airwaves after AirAsia flight QZ8501 disappeared from radar on Dec. 28.
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.
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.
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.
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.
