Aviation

Chinese Airlines Raise Fuel Surcharge Fees

Apr. 5 – Due to rising oil prices, Chinese airline companies have increased fuel surcharge fees for both domestic and international fights.

For domestic routes, the fuel surcharge fee has been increased by RMB10 per flight beginning April 5, 2012. After the adjustment, passengers are now subject to an RMB80 fuel surcharge for flights of less than 800 kilometers and RMB150 for longer routes, instead of the previous surcharges of RMB70 and RMB140. It is the second time that Chinese airlines have increased fuel surcharge fees for domestic flights since the beginning of March 2012. Continue reading →

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China Renewable Energy Industry Report: Nov. 2

Nov. 2 – This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China.

Solectria Renewables to open plants in China, India
U.S. photovoltaic inverter maker Solectria Renewables LLC has announced plans to open plants in China and India with capacity of 300 megawatts and 200 megawatts, respectively.

The company said that the expansion of its manufacturing activities into the two countries had been prompted by the significant growth opportunities they offer for commercial and utility photovoltaic projects.

Solectria Renewables’ president Phil Vyhanek stressed that no jobs would be shifted out of North America as a result of the plans and that the company continued to expand its manufacturing operations in Massachusetts and Ontario.

Chief executive James Worden noted that the company had lifted its North American capacity to 1 gigawatt in the current year and said that the expansion into India and China was a strategic move designed to put the company “at the forefront of the three most dynamic solar economies in the world.” Continue reading →

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Chinese Ministries Not Paying Their Bills, China Eastern Cancels 24 Dreamliners

Oct. 19 – China’s CNR Corporation, a state-owned enterprise that manufactures trains, is having to issue RMB2 billion in one-year bonds in order to finance debt it is owed from the Ministry of Rail, according to the South China Morning Post.

CNR, who are listed in Shanghai, had a negative second quarter in 2011, resulting in an operating loss of RMB8.58 billion against a positive inflow of RMB905 million in the same period last year. The company has firmly left the situation at the door of the Ministry of Rail. Continue reading →

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China Industry: March 7

Mar. 7 – This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China.

Air transport
• Chinese budget airline Spring Airlines will promote the launch of its service between Japan’s Takamatsu and Shanghai in March by selling cheaper one-way tickets to a limited number of travellers, Kyodo News wrote.

The discounted tickets will be sold during the first month of the service’s operation and will cost JPY3,000 (US$36). Continue reading →

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China Industry: February 23

Feb. 23 – This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China.

Air transport
•The still unnamed Japanese low-cost carrier, a joint venture between All Nippon Airways, or ANA, and Hong Kong-based First Eastern Investment Group, will start domestic flights in November and services to China in 2012, the South China Morning Post wrote.

First Eastern’s chairman, Victor Chu, forecast that Japan will welcome some 4 million Chinese citizens in 2012, up from the 1.35 million registered in 2010. Continue reading →

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China Industry: February 14

Feb. 14 – This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China.

Air transport
•Filipino airline Cebu Pacific Air said earlier this month it plans to boost its passenger traffic and add new services to Greater China in 2011.

“We are planning to grow our market to and from Greater China this year by 20 percent, after flying more than 980,000 passengers in 2010,” said Candice Iyog, the airline’s marketing and distribution vice president. Continue reading →

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China Industry: January 17

Jan. 17 – This is a regular series of relevant industry news from around China.

Air transport

Shandong Airlines and U.S. aircraft-maker Boeing struck an agreement last Monday for 15 737-800 passenger planes, Xinhua News Agency reported. The list price of the aircraft is approximately US$1.35 billion. Continue reading →

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Beijing to Get Third Commercial Airport by 2015

Jan. 11 – As China Briefing revealed back in June last year, Beijing is to have a third airport built at Daxing, to the south of the capital. The plan has been approved by the Central Government and is to be included as a key project in the forthcoming Five-Year-Plan due for release in March.

The new airport is expected to be completed in 2015 and will relieve existing pressure on Beijing’s Capital International Airport – currently the world’s second busiest airport behind Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport with over 70 million passengers traveling through annually. The addition of the new air facilities as Daxing, combined with the massive Beijing Capital International Airport and the small Beijing Nanyuan Airport, brings a total of three commercial airports in Beijing. Continue reading →

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