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BOC Aviation, the aircraft-leasing division of Bank of China, one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People’s Republic of China, has placed additional orders with Airbus Industrie for 20 aircraft of the Airbus A320 family.

GE Commercial Aviation Services based in the United States is planning to buy 5 jet aircraft made in China, in the first overseas orders for Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, the Chinese aircraft manufacturer.

Boeing Company, the aircraft-manufacturing giant based in Chicago, Illinois, the United States, has described China as the “fastest-growing aviation market in the world.”

Two of China’s biggest airlines post losses Air China and China Eastern Airlines, two of the largest airlines in China, have reported heavy losses for the third quarter of 2008, which both carriers blamed on weakening demand and higher costs of fuel. Air China Limited, the state-owned carier of the People’s Republic ...

Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, has assured its customers that they need not worry about consuming dairy products made in China onboard the carrier’s flights since all items produced in China have been removed from the in-flight menu.

Aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus Industrie has opened a final assembly line for its A320 aircraft in Tianjin in northern China. The new facility is the first of its kind built by Airbus outside Europe.

American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, has requested the United States Department of Transportation to allow the carrier to delay the launching of its non-stop service between O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, the United States, and Beijing, China, by one year.

According to an official of Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration, Taiwan and China have signed a “historic agreement” to allow each side to operate 18 round-trip passenger charter flights from Friday through Monday.

Dubai based airline giant Emirates has said that flying to Guangzhou with it would bring an introductory offer of free hotel stay for its passengers. The offer lasts from July 1 to  September 30, 2008 and would be open to passengers in all classes of travel. 

China has opened an aviation company, backed by the government, to manufacture large commercial jets.

Two airlines based in the United States – US Airways and United Airlines – that had won approval from the US Department of Transportation to start routes to China are putting off the launch of the new services by one year owing to high costs of aviation fuel.