China's long-awaited new aircraft manufacturing company is about to be unveiled, and its formation represents a classic example of an internal Chinese power struggle. [more]
China Eastern Airlines suspended the top two employees at its Yunnan branch April 7 and sent its deputy general manager to replace them temporarily in the wake of a series of coordinated protests. [more]
Sources say the creation of China's new aviation company will not involve a merger of the country’s two existing aircraft manufacturing firms, though political infighting will likely contribute to a delay in the maiden voyage of the country’s first domestically manufactured passenger plane. [more]
China Eastern Airlines shareholders voted down a bid by Singapore Airlines and Singaporean sovereign investment fund Temasek Holdings for a stake in the partially state-owned airline on Jan. 8. [more]
China's largest and third-largest carriers are headed for a showdown Jan. 8, when China Eastern Airlines' shareholders are set to vote on a Singaporean bid for 24 percent of the firm. [more]
Russia has once again "frozen" a deal with China to re-export Russian-built RD-93 jet engines, which power China's multirole FC-1/JF-17 fighters. [more]
While a carrier is a valuable naval asset, China’s pursuit must be understood as an expensive choice that entails considerable opportunity costs. [more]
