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2016-07-29 16:07 | Ecns.cn |Editor: Mo Hong'e


(ECNS) -- Beijing will determine an airline's use of airports according to its membership in airline alliances, Beijing Youth Daily reported.

Members of Star Alliance, including Air China, will continue using the current Beijing Capital International Airport.

Airlines belonging to Sky Team Alliance, such as China Eastern and China Southern, will move to the new Beijing Daxing International Airport set to become the largest airport terminal in the world.

The plan says China Eastern and China Southern would handle 40 percent of passengers at the new airport, which will also serve a number of smaller airlines.

Air China is expected to take advantage of the space for further development when China Eastern and China Southern finish their move in four years.

At a cost of 79.98 billion yuan ($13.11 billion), construction on the new airport started in December 2014 and will take about five years to complete. The new airport is expected to meet Beijing's rising demand for air transport and help balance development between the capital city's north and south.

But with the two airports 67 kilometers apart in straight distance, misunderstood departure information could cause a huge waste of time for travelers if they arrive at the wrong airport, the report said.

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2016-08-19 16:52:01 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Wang Kun

For foreign pilots looking for sky high salaries maybe Chinese airlines are the answer.

32 year old Giacomo Palombo is a former United Airlines pilot. In an interview with the financial media company Bloomberg, he revealed he was being bombarded every week with offers to fly Airbus A320s in China. Regional carrier Qingdao Airlines is offering as much as $318,000 a year. Sichuan Airlines, which flies to Canada and Australia, is pitching a salary of $302,000 each year. Both airlines offer to cover his income tax bill in China.

Today he works as a consultant for McKinsey & Co in Atlanta, but he says – if he is ever tempted to go back to flying - he will definitely consider the lucrative offers from Chinese airlines.

The average annual salary for senior pilots at major U.S. airlines such as Delta is only $209,000, according to the latest data from KitDarby.com Aviation Consulting.

The demand for experienced pilots in China is colossal. Recruitment agencies often ask carriers how many pilots they need, to which the answer is almost always, "as many as possible".

China's booming aviation market and a shortage of experienced domestic pilots have contributed to the large demand, and consequently the fat paychecks foreign pilots can receive.

That rampant aviation market is fuelled by the rapid rise of the Chinese middle class, who have increasing amounts of money to spend on luxuries such as tourism.

The numbers of airlines cashing in on this growth in China has also increased by 28% to 55 in the past 5 years. The number of aircraft they operate has also tripled in the past ten years to reach 2,650, according to Civil Aviation Industry Statistics Report.

China's cabinet, the State Council, has also promised to build 500 and more general airports across the country by the year 2020. The number stood around 300 in 2015.

Experts say that air traffic over China is expected to almost quadruple in the next two decades, and it's estimated Chinese airlines will need to recruit almost 100 pilots a week during that period.

The low-cost airlines sector is also expanding rapidly. These airlines favor smaller single-aisle jets such as the A320, which can seat about 180 people. With a growing number of travelers, carriers are having to schedule a greater number of flights to handle the demand, which in turn requires more pilots.

The lack of domestic qualified pilots has also been blamed on an immature pilot-training process, with many airlines falling over themselves to pay top wages in the scramble to employ the most experienced piloting professionals from overseas.

Is the army Z-18A already in service ?

ahojunk said:

But with the two airports 67 kilometers apart in straight distance, misunderstood departure information could cause a huge waste of time for travelers if they arrive at the wrong airport, the report said.

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But think of the ship's crew who went to take over a cargo ship in Dartmouth and arrive in Dartmouth, UK instead of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. ( I think some twenty years ago )

Wang Huaming, important figure for 3d printing and its applications in the aeronautical field in China

Any latest news on the C919 ??

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(Xinhua)Updated: 2016-08-16 11:24


Passengers walk to ticket counters of Air China at a terminal of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, March 28, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]


BEIJING - Air China said Tuesday that it had witnessed steady growth in passenger and freight during the first seven months of the year.

The number of passengers jumped 7.2 percent year on year to 55.4 million during the January-July period, the airline said in a statement filed to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

In July alone, Air China carried 8.54 million passengers, up 6.7 percent year on year.

Freight traffic also rose steadily, hitting 977,200 tons in total volume during the first seven months, up 4.4 percent from one year earlier.

Last month, freight volume increased 3.2 percent year on year to 142,500 tons.

The company said that it had introduced four aircraft in July, and removed one plane from service. It had 607 airplanes in service at the end of last month, according to the statement.

Shares of Air China opened flat at 8.12 yuan on Tuesday morning.

ARJ21 Travel Diary 1.5 month after commencement of Chengdu Airline flight EU668. Lots of pictures.

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ARJ21 Travel Diary 1.5 month after commencement of Chengdu Airline flight EU668. Lots of pictures.

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Thanks for the link to that story and the pics.