China Civil Aviation Industry, Technology, Infrastructure: News & Discussions

[ahojunk]

74 new airports to be completed by 2020: trips to small cities easier
2017-02-19 06:00 | CRIENGLISH.com | Editor: Gu Liping

China is aiming to have 74 more civil transport airports by 2020, according to a report released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).

The report provides the blueprint and sets the goals for the development of China's civil aviation industry during the country's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) period, which outlines the government plans for economic and social development over a period of five years.

The report says the country will continue to construct 30, and build 44 new, civil transport airports between 2016 and 2020, and the number of civil transport airports will reach about 260 by 2020.

These projects would make trips to China's third tier cities (generally the medium-sized cities of each province) much easier, according to the report.

The country's airline on-time arrival rate was 67 percent in 2015, but the report said it aims to increase that figure to 80 percent by 2020.

It is also aiming at a 28 percent increase in air passenger turnover volume by 2020.

Meanwhile, it is anticipated that the number of air passengers in China will grow to 720 million, the country's total civil aviation turnover would reach 142 billion tons, and cargo and mail turnover will reach 8.5 million tons in 2020, according to the report.

As for China's general aviation airports, during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) period, the number has already reached 310, with the hope that number would reach 500 before 2020, according to CAAC.

It's also hoped there will be over 5,000 general aviation aircraft and 7,000 general aviation pilots by 2020.

General aviation is defined as "all civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services and non-scheduled air transport operations for remuneration or hire", according to International Civil Aviation Organization.

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[ahojunk]

Construction on Beijing's new airport expected to be completed in 2019
2017-02-27 15:33 | Xinhua | Editor:Li Yan

Construction on the new airport, located in Beijing's southern Daxing district, is expected to be completed in 2019. It will have a capacity of 100 million trips per year.

Aerial photo taken on Feb. 25, 2017 shows the construction site of Beijing's new airport in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

Photo taken on Feb. 25, 2017 shows the construction site of Beijing's new airport in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

Workers at the construction site of Beijing's new airport in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 24, 2017. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

Workers at the construction site of Beijing's new airport in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 24, 2017. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

Workers at the construction site of Beijing's new airport in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 24, 2017. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

Workers at the construction site of Beijing's new airport in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 24, 2017. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

Construction on the new airport, located in Beijing's southern Daxing district, is expected to be completed in 2019. It will have a capacity of 100 million trips per year.

 

[ahojunk]

First China-produced passenger plane set for its maiden voyage
2017-02-27 09:30 | CGTN | Editor: Mo Hong'e

A C919 aircraft, the first Chinese-made large passenger plane, has entered
the preparation phase for its maiden flight. (Photo/COMAC)​

Chinese manufacturers are preparing to take the nation's first passenger plane on its maiden flight. The locally designed and built aircraft marks a significant milestone in Chinese manufacturing, as China moves up the global production chain.

The COMAC C919, China's first locally designed and built passenger plane, has completed most of its ground-based pre-flight evaluations, and is expected to make its maiden flight later this year. The plane is a testament to China's determination to become a high-end manufacturing powerhouse.

Over 90 percent of the C919's main body could be built by Chinese manufacturers that supplies parts to top international aircraft makers like Boeing, Airbus, and Bombardier. China's manufacturing industry is making great efforts to move upwards in the global production chain.

"In last year's Government Work Report, Premier Li Keqiang advocated the Craftsman's Spirit. Two key factors for being a manufacturing giant are innovation and the ability to realize them. So my proposal this year concerns the education of qualified high-end industrial workers," Yuan Shouqi, a deputy to the National People's Congress, told CGTN.

 

[JSCh]

China's ARJ21 passes flight test over Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
(People's Daily Online) 14:03, March 06, 2017

ARJ21 regional jet (Photo/Chinanews.com)​

The ARJ21-700, China's first independently developed regional jet, has successfully completed a high-altitude test flight, after completing 16 missions in seven days. The aircraft completed the test near Xining Airport, which is 2,184 meters above sea level. This milestone proves the plane capable of flying in a plateau environment, according to Wang Xiaotong, an official with the Qinghai branch of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Northwest Regional Administration.

The ARJ21 regional jet can seat up to 90 passengers, and boasts a flying range of between 2,225 and 3,700 kilometers. The aircraft will be used mainly for commercial flights from central cities to surrounding small and medium-sized cities.

According to Wang, there are only two ARJ21-700 aircraft currently in operation, both flying between Shanghai and Chengdu. However, the aircraft is designed to meet operation requirements at plateau airports in complicated environments. Most airports in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai are built at altitudes of more than 1,500 kilometers above sea level.

The performance of an aircraft's engine is significantly reduced at high altitudes, and its driving force decreases sharply, necessitating stringent safety standards. The successful flight test over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau fully verified the high-altitude capability of of the ARJ21 after an operation system upgrade. The aircraft will be put into service at all airports in Qinghai province, said Wang.

 

[TaiShang]

ARJ21 regional jet tests high-altitude performance
Xinhua, March 10, 2017

ARJ21 regional jet tests high-altitude performance [File photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

The ARJ21-700, China's first domestically made regional jet, has completed a series of test flights on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, demonstrating excellent high-altitude performance.

The ARJ21, produced by the Shanghai-based Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC), is a twin-engine jet for 78 to 90 passengers with a flight range of 2,225 to 3,700 km.

The aircraft first took to the sky in 2008. There are currently two ARJ21-700 jets in commercial operation between Shanghai and southwest China's Chengdu.

Between Feb. 28 and early March, the aircraft successfully completed 16 flight tests at an airport in Xining City in northwest China's Qinghai Province, located at an elevation of about 2,200 meters, meaning the jet is qualified to fly safely on the plateau.

The ARJ21 must go through several rigorous tests before officially being put into use at high elevations, an official with the Northwest Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China told Xinhua.

The ARJ21's smooth take-offs and landings confirmed its good performance on the plateau and COMAC plans to put the jet into operation in Qinghai if it passes more tests in the latter half of 2017.

 

[TaiShang]

Boeing's first overseas factory to be built in China's Zhoushan
Xinhua, March 13, 2017

Boeing and Chinese aviation manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd.(COMAC) will start to build a Boeing 737 completion center in eastern China's Zhoushan city at the end of March, scheduled to make its first delivery in 2018.

This is Boeing's first overseas facility as part of its 737 production system, and designed to deliver 100 Boeing 737 planes a year.

In the joint-venture completion center, Boeing's 737 aircraft will be installed with flight entertainment systems and seats. The plant in Zhoushan, 287 km southeast of Shanghai, also provides services such as coating, repair and maintenance of Boeing aircraft.

Boeing and COMAC signed an agreement in October 2016 to set up the Zhoushan plant, which will consist of two parts: the 737 completion center, a joint venture of Boeing and COMAC, and the 737 delivery center owned by Boeing.

Construction of the delivery center will also start at the end of March.

To accommodate aircraft manufacturing in Zhoushan, Putuoshan Airport in the city is undergoing a 750 million yuan (108 million U.S. dollars) expansion to become an international airport.

In addition to supporting Boeing, the aviation base in Zhoushan will also develop an entire industrial chain for aircraft manufacturing, with the capacity of assembling, delivering and modifying 600 aircraft a year by 2025.

Zhoushan is an archipelago and island city in Zhejiang Province, which has the largest fishery in China and boasts strong shipbuilding, tourism and service industries.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Amazing plane! First went into production in 1968 (approaching 50 years) and the demand is so high they have almost hit the 10,000 mark in airframes produced (with about 14,000 ordered over the years with 4,000 on backlog).

The single row airframes will still be made in the US at the Boeing facility in Renton, Washington. The 737 interior seating and painting done in China instead of the brand new North Charleston, South Carolina facility where they will concentrate on the latest models.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

This is not very Trumpish.
Low-education low-life white male Muricos are still jobless.
Those private companies never consider those low-end muricos' interests.

If such thing was ever uttered, ever, by an Indian regarding a Chinese, he would immediately be banned.

Shows the clear double standards that are applied in this forum.

 

[AndrewJin]

If such thing was ever uttered, ever, by an Indian regarding a Chinese, he would immediately be banned.

Shows the clear double standards that are applied in this forum.

Isn't those people are the reason that Trump was elected?
I was talking about the ridicule of Boeing vs Trump's plan, why being so emotional and childish?

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

Isn't those people are the reason that Trump was elected?
I was talking about the ridicule of Boeing vs Trump's plan, why being so emotional and childish?

It's not about the message.

It's about the words. I don't think using words like "low life" etc. help.

Secondly, as to your real message:

First let's understand what this facility is.

This facility is a fitting facility.

It has zero to do with aviation skills.

The boeing planes will still be made in the US, upto even the assembly. The only thing that will be done in China is to finish the interior designs, install cabins, seats, etc. Furnish it.

Hence, most of the high paying jobs will still be in US, even the lower paying ones actually.

While this facility allows Boeing to get more orders from China, which will actually help its workers back home.

 

[TaiShang]

This is not very Trumpish.
Low-education low-life white male Muricos are still jobless.
Those private companies never consider those low-end muricos' interests.

Trump has been busy with cleaning up the mess at home, starting with the Obama-led mini revolt.

And then there is the Middle East-Syria situation, now US being slowly pulled in.

So, he will be busy elsewhere, I guess, at least partially. Boeing will probably be chastised, but it is likely that the plants were already laid our well before Trump get elected.

If Trump wants to leave a legacy, it lies in the Middle East, not East Asia.

 

[HannibalBarca]

Trump has been busy with cleaning up the mess at home, starting with the Obama-led mini revolt.

And then there is the Middle East-Syria situation, now US being slowly pulled in.

So, he will be busy elsewhere, I guess, at least partially. Boeing will probably be chastised, but it is likely that the plants were already laid our well before Trump get elected.

If Trump wants to leave a legacy, it lies in the Middle East, not East Asia.

You can have his legacy... Free of Charge

 

[TaiShang]

I so feel for those low-education low-life expectancy male Muricos who will have to wait their entire life and afterlife to see Trump making any improvement of the collapsing industry and derailed railway.

There was a news article on Forbes whether foreign trade killed white males in the US or not. With the ongoing state of affairs, crisis will likely go deeper. Not that such a situation would be taken lightly but it is often our own hands and decisions that make or brake.

If internal problems are reflected out as external aggressiveness, this only facilitates the decline and atrophy.

The US worker may have to compete with Indians and SEA for manufacturing jobs, really, because China is on a different league with a decent manufacturing chain, albeit not complete.

China will receive investment across the board because it is where money is made.

You can have his legacy... Free of Charge

We took our fair share during Obama administration and still having a fair share. But the game played here is different from the game played in the Middle East because of China's sheer size and power. Hence, the hegemon cannot confront China head on.

Too bad Middle East has to take the brunt.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

The US worker may have to compete with Indians and SEA for manufacturing jobs, really, because China is on a different league with a decent manufacturing chain, albeit not complete.

Why, for God Sake do you have to be a blind nationalist?

US will compete with Indian and SEA????

Really!?

First let me quote some stats:

US has around 17% of the MVA of manufacturing, around 2 trillion dollars.

India and ASEAN combined do not have even half of the MVA of US.

Second, while China is indeed ahead of US with around 2.8 trillion dollars of MVA.

Most of that MVA is in low to medium technology spectrum of manufacturing.

US is on the other hand occupies the high technology chain.

Some examples:

US has by far the best, and most complete aviation manufacturing chains in the world. It produces large Boeing planes like sausages. And it is not only planes, it is the whole supply chain, from engines, to expertise etc. China doesn't even come close to US.

Similarly, some of the highest end medical equipment is still made in the US.

Almost all of the gene sequencing machines in the world are made in US.

In the end:

As the old Chinese saying goes, which was emphasized by Deng, "Seek truth from facts."

Don't be irrational in your outlook of the world, coz it will end up hurting you.

Almost all wars in the world have been fought and lost due to miscalculation.

I read WW2 history a lot, and it was Hitler's completely wrong assumptions about Soviet Union, based on his superiority complex, and racism, which brought him down.


https://www.mapi.net/blog/2015/09/china-solidifies-its-position-world’s-largest-manufacturer

 

[AViet]

Why, for God Sake do you have to be a blind nationalist?

US will compete with Indian and SEA????

Really!?

First let me quote some stats:

US has around 17% of the MVA of manufacturing, around 2 trillion dollars.

India and ASEAN combined do not have even half of the MVA of US.

Second, while China is indeed ahead of US with around 2.8 trillion dollars of MVA.

Most of that MVA is in low to medium technology spectrum of manufacturing.

US is on the other hand occupies the high technology chain.

Some examples:

US has by far the best, and most complete aviation manufacturing chains in the world. It produces large Boeing planes like sausages. And it is not only planes, it is the whole supply chain, from engines, to expertise etc. China doesn't even come close to US.

Similarly, some of the highest end medical equipment is still made in the US.

Almost all of the gene sequencing machines in the world are made in US.

In the end:

As the old Chinese saying goes, which was emphasized by Deng, "Seek truth from facts."

Don't be irrational in your outlook of the world, coz it will end up hurting you.

Almost all wars in the world have been fought and lost due to miscalculation.

I read WW2 history a lot, and it was Hitler's completely wrong assumptions about Soviet Union, based on his superiority complex, and racism, which brought him down.


https://www.mapi.net/blog/2015/09/china-solidifies-its-position-world’s-largest-manufacturer

Should we trust any statistics coming from an Indian or the US, especially on issues related to China?

Is this statistic number kind of "40% NASA scientists are Indian"news?

Sorry, I am serious. I started to doubt any claim by the US regarding their capability long time ago. The primitive North Vietnamese should surrender immediately in 1955 if they believed in the mighty of the US technology.