Comments on: China’s troubled skies

By: Warren Hamilton

Warren Hamilton — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:13:47 +0000

Is anybody really naive enough to think the Chinese government will allow foreign varriers to interfere with the lovely state monopoly on air transport? Also, the figures and underlying assumptions in this article are all sourced from the Chinese government itself! (Note all Chinese airlines are owned by the Chinese government.)

Where are China’s Airbuses serviced? Where are Dragonair Airbuses serviced? Note this Shanghai/China Daily article makes no mention whatsoever of safety issues…..

By: ck

ck — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:55:16 +0000

I had the opportunity to try out Hainan Airlines recently in the domestic route. Definitely a little more progressive than the other 3 main airlines when I first step in the plane. Until when the plane start flying. It was so warm and stuffy inside (someone forget to turn on the aircon or poor aircon maintenance or trying to save fuel), the electonic device is for display only (did not turn on). Wonder why they install such expensive thing and do not let traveller use it. I was on over 2 over hours flight. Guess it another one of those thing in China where the top mgmt just want to spend money for their own benefit and not for customer use. At the end, I had to conclude it another same lousy airlines without regard for customers comfort. The reason these arirlines can still survive it sheer monopoly. Any real competition, any of these airlines would collapse.

By: Andy Scott

Andy Scott — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:56:23 +0000

Linda,

Much of the source material came from this Shanghai Daily article, it should have been mentioned in the original article. It has now been corrected.

By: Linda Johnson

Linda Johnson — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:43:17 +0000

I agree with Mario. However, I often lack information about sources, for instance in this article:

- “air traffic in China rose 15 percent last year”
- “the government has decreed that China will develop an aviation industry”
- “Chinese airlines have adopted the foreign technique of leasing”
- “Current figures suggest that China’s flight schools may only be able to train 7,000 pilots…”
- “The market between the two countries is growing by an annual 17 percent …”

It would make the argumentation so much stronger, if there were sources or links to sources.

By: Mario Taccori

Mario Taccori — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:38:17 +0000

Hello, I work with Airbus. As you wisely noted earlier - Hainan Airlines will be the one to watch. You have an excellent China business blog here and very well informed.