China Economic ReviewChina’s civil aviation authority has proposed a regulatory change to allow the domestically produced passenger jet, the C919, to use runways as narrow as 30m found in smaller airports. 45m is the global standard, but Boeing and Airbus do also use 30m ones for their 737s and A320s in some circumstances. The announcement by the […]
A contract held by a Hong Kong company to operate ports at the Panama Canal was found to have violated the Panama constitution and not serve the public interest, reports Reuters. The country’s Supreme Court decision therefore voided the deal made in the 1990s. The court issued its verdict on Thursday, but it did not formally […]
Panama’s Supreme Court has ruled that contracts to operate two ports on the Panama Canal held by Panama Port Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchinson, are unconstitutional and therefore void. The PPC, which is operated by Hutchinson, owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing, has been running the ports on either end of the […]
China is expected to finish construction on the Pinglu Canal before the end of this year, reports the South China Morning Post. This would mean it has taken just four years to complete the RMB 72.7 billion (US$10.4 billion) project, which aims to boost trade links with the country’s top export destination: Southeast Asia. The mega-project […]
Chinese domestic planemaker, Comac, is set to ramp up production of its C919 jets this year, aiming to sell 28 units or more, reports the South China Morning Post. Last year it delivered 15, well short of the 75 planned. While setbacks forced Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) to cut back on its delivery targets last year, […]