The South China Sea fracas is about to see another ratchet. China’s interests in bolstering its claims (dismissed by the International Tribunal and ignored by China) will have a new tool, the AG600. The China People’s Daily wryly noted the…
Generally in the west, we tend to view China’s aerospace efforts somewhat dismissively. After some Chinese aircraft bear uncanny resemblances to designs from Airbus, Antonov or Sukhoi. Perhaps we might want to revisit that thinking. China’s Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation, part…
At the recent Farnborough show there was a lot of attention on Airbus and Boeing as the biggest news makers. With these two firms having the largest volume sales in order size and value, this is to be expected. But,…
News from China today is that AVIC announced orders for 185 MA700s. Customers include Joy Air, Okay Airways, Cambodia Bayon Airlines and several leasing companies committed the new regional turboprop. Air China, China Southern, China Eastern and Hainan Airlines apparently…
Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation signed an agreement with an undisclosed US airline for 20 of its Y12 turboprops. Even Chinese media is surprised, and a bit of hubris is understandable. The agreement, signed at the Zhuhai airshow, is the first…
If there is one thing the aerospace industry has learned over the past few years it is the scary things that come with outsourcing. On the one hand, everyone wants to save money and drive costs lower. But as we…