Air China boosts Bangkok flights

Air China will start a new flight from Wenzhou in China to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport. The new service will start on 3 November and will continue until 31 March. Using a 180-seat…

Air China plans share sale

Air China Ltd plans to raise approximately US$954 million in a share sale to pay off its debts, Bloomberg has reported. The Beijing-based carrier will sell up to 585 million new…

Cash boost for Air China

Air China's parent company will receive a CNY1.5 billion (US$219 million) cash injection from the Chinese government, it was reported saying in a statement to the Shanghai Stock…

Air China expands route map

BEIJING, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- In step with the speedy recovery of the Chinese aviation industry over the past six months, Air China has announced that it will be expanding…

Air China looks to Europe

The company saidthat due to a new National Plan for Leisure and the depreciation in the valueof the Euro, Europe is becoming anincreasingly attractive destination for Chinese tourists.…

Air China deal talks

Air China's parent company, China National Aviation Holding Co., is in talks to buy all or part of East Star Airlines, the Shanghai Daily has reported. Air China reportedly…

Air China orders 45 Boeings

Air China has signed a purchase order with Boeing for 15 Boeing 777s and 30 Boeing 737s, China Daily has reported. The cost of the order is US$6.3 billion, with the aircraft to be delivered…

More Air China to Brazil

Air China has increased the number of flights from Beijing to Sao Paulo via Madrid from twice a week to three times a week. , the Airbus A330Flight CA907 takes off from Beijing at 01:00…

Finnair grows operations in China

Finnair has added capacity to Beijing with three weekly flights to the new Beijing Daxing International Airport, which opens for operation on 30 September 2019. Finnair will operate to…

Airbnb optimistic on China

Airbnb has said it has high hopes for the Chinese market, as a younger generation of travellers starts to embrace the shared economy. Speaking at an event in Tianjin this week,…

Fairmont expands in China

Fairmont has signed an agreement to manage its first hotel in central China's Henan province. The new-build Fairmont Zhengzhou hotel will be located in the capital of Henan, as part…

China buys 60 Airbus jets

Airbus has sealed a major new aircraft order from China. In a deal signed in Beijing yesterday in the presence of French president François Hollande and his Chinese counterpart, Xi…

AirAsia expands in China

AirAsia is expanding in China, with the launch of flights to city of Nanning. Commencing 11 December, the low-cost carrier will operate direct flights between Kuala Lumpur and Nanning - the…

Further security for China airports (lead)

Extra checks will be launched at Chinese airports as authorities ratchet up security for the Olympics, the Shanghai Daily has reported. From 20 July all people - even non-fliers - passing…

China to reform airport charges

The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China is reforming the charges for airlines using China's domestic airports from March 1. It said once implemented, foreign airlines and…

China taps aircraft manufacturing

The aircraft is now being developed in Shanghai and it is claimed to be their most ambitious project according to IHT news reports. The aircraft called, ARJ21 has yet to go on its maiden…

Dragonair soars China

The extra services are part of an ongoing initiative to strengthen Dragonair's network after the airline became part of the Cathay Pacific Group last September. Since the…