China aims for 2023 air traffic at 75% of pre-pandemic levels

China’s aviation regulator wants passenger traffic to reach around 75% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023, up from 38% last year when the since-abandoned zero-COVID policy led to domestic lockdowns and kept the border closed, state media reported on Friday. The Chinese airline industry should also strive to break even this year, said the regulator, the […]

Aviação lamenta a decisão dos estados da UE sobre passageiros que chegam em voos da China

A Associação Internacional de Transporte Aéreo (IATA – International Air Transport Association) e as companhias aéreas representadas pela A4E (Airlines for Europe), juntamente com os aeroportos representados pelo Conselho Internacional de Aeroportos da Europa (ACI EUROPE – Airports Council International), informaram na quinta-feira, 5 de janeiro, que lamentam a recomendação acordada no dia anterior em […]

Joint Statement on New EU Recommendations for Travel from China

Airlines represented by A4E (Airlines for Europe) and IATA (International Air Transport Association), together with airports represented by ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International), lament the recommendation agreed yesterday jointly by EU member states that requires a negative COVID-19 test for passengers travelling between China and the EU. Such a recommendation is at odds with the […]

Gobierno dominicano promulga acuerdo de servicios aéreos con Catar, Uruguay y China

El Poder Ejecutivo promulgó el Acuerdo de Servicios Aéreos entre el Gobierno de República Dominicana y el de la República Popular China. En el convenio se reconoce la importancia del transporte aéreo como medio de creación y fomento de la amistad, entendimiento y cooperación entre ambos pueblos, facilitando la expansión de oportunidades de transporte aéreo […]

Statement on Imposition of Travel Restrictions for Travelers from China: IATA

“Several countries are introducing COVID-19 testing and other measures for travellers from China, even though the virus is already circulating widely within their borders. It is extremely disappointing to see this knee-jerk reinstatement of measures that have proven ineffective over the last three years. Research undertaken around the arrival of the Omicron variant concluded that […]

China: adiós a la política de Covid cero y reapertura de fronteras el 8 de enero

China, la primera potencia emisora de turistas del planeta y el único gran país que aún mantiene unas severas restricciones para frenar la pandemia, dará un giro radical a su política de Covid cero. En cuestión de días, a raíz de las crecientes protestas de la población, dirá adiós a los confinamientos, a las pruebas […]

China’s first C919 kicks off 100-hour validation flight

China’s C919 large passenger jetliner completed its first airline validation flight on Monday, taking off from a Shanghai airport and landing at an airport in Beijing. It marks the initiation of the 100-hour aircraft validation flight process, which will last until mid-February 2023. The testing process will comprehensively verify the reliability of the C919 with […]

Avión de pasajeros C919 de China inicia proceso de vuelo de validación

El avión de pasajeros C919 de China completó hoy lunes su primer vuelo de validación de aerolínea, cubriendo la ruta Shanghai-Beijing. De este modo ha comenzado el proceso de 100 horas de vuelo de validación de la nave, que durará hasta mediados de febrero de 2023. El proceso de pruebas verificará exhaustivamente la fiabilidad del […]

China Eastern Airlines recibe el primer avión Comac C919

La compañía China Eastern Airlines confirmó haber incorporado a su flota el primer avión del modelo C919. «En la mañana del 9 de diciembre, la Corporación Aeronáutica Comercial de China (Comac) traspasó a China Eastern Airlines un C919, primer avión de pasajeros grande desarrollado en China», comunicó la empresa en sus redes sociales. La aeronave […]