China's Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC)

By Chen Chuanren
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport opened its fourth runway, becoming the only airport in China's Greater Bay Area to conduct four-runway operations.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
The CAAC is setting a goal for China's air transport industry to carry 780 million passengers in 2025, 50 million more than the record 2024 figures.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The CAAC has forecast that passenger volume for this year’s spring travel season will reach 90 million people, up from the record 83.5 million set in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Advanced air mobility startups in China are advancing quickly as Beijing drives to establish a low-altitude economy.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
By mid-December, the Chinese civil aviation industry has already carried more than 700 million passengers in 2024, a record high.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Seven large uncrewed cargo aircraft have rolled out or flown in the past few months.
Emerging Technologies

By David Casey
Canada and China are advancing plans to increase direct flights, aiming to revitalize air traffic and trade links between the two nations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Chinese air transport sector has seen its largest-ever volume of passenger movements over the week-long National Day holiday, better known as Golden Week.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Aurora’s Liberty Lifter; stratospheric HAPS; Radian’s subscale spaceplane; and GAC plans winged eVTOL air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China’s AG600 seaplane has entered the Type Inspection Approval (TIA) phase, completing airspeed calibration test flight on Aug. 30, AVIC has announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
China is accepting deliveries of Boeing 737 MAXs again following a pause of nearly two months as Xiamen Airlines on July 20 took delivery of a 737-8.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Antoine Fafard
Traffic for the leading three Chinese carriers during Q2 2024 reveal record-high performances, with year-on-year increases and growth against Q2 2019.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
China's international passenger volume is 20 percentage points below 2019, but its entire international air transport capacity is 3.7% above pre-COVID levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
CAAC and China State Railway Group have signed an agreement that will see the Chinese agencies work together to develop intermodal rail-air travel.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
China's new mechanism is aimed to improve systematic slot allocation transparency and efficiency.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese officials are aiming for an optimistic 2025 certification of the Comac C919 from the European regulator.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
AutoFlight’s V2000CG CarryAll received Chinese type certification on March 22, the first certification of a winged eVTOL aircraft in the world.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The production certificate was the first awarded to a developer of an uncrewed passenger-carrying aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Administration of China is yet to say why a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 nose-dived into the ground two years ago.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
EHang reported improved sales and deliveries alongside its financial results for the fourth quarter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Ben Goldstein, Sergio Cecutta
Having seized the pole position in electric vehicles, Chinese industry is racing ahead in advanced air mobility.
Check 6

By Chen Chuanren
China says its air transport industry carried nearly 83.5 million passengers during the 40-day Lunar New Year travel period.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Round the world on hydrogen; first-responder VTOL competition; stop-fold tiltrotor; another Chinese eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
AutoFlight expects certification early this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

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