A French aeronautics services company and a Hong Kong aircraft engineering company signed a joint venture deal on Thursday to establish an aircraft dismantling and parts trading facility in the city, with operations targeted to begin within the year. But the project’s launch will hinge on the availability of a separate plot of land with…
A site on northwest Lantau Island is likely to be chosen for a French aeronautical services company to build a factory that will house Hong Kong’s first aircraft dismantling business, the Post has learned. Sources said on Tuesday that the site at To Kau Wan was deemed suitable because of its proximity to Hong Kong…
Sign up for our newsletter and get our latest content in your inbox. Subscribe Taiwan-based carrier China Airlines has confirmed the acquisition of a further five Airbus A350-1000s as the carrier expands its long-haul fleet. The aircraft will join a further ten of the type io the airline’s order book as the company begins a…
A French aeronautical services company planning to set up Hong Kong’s first aircraft dismantling business has called on the government to support the new industry with measures such as tax breaks, as it launched its training programme for local technicians. The Elior Group, a subsidiary of the Derichebourg Group, expressed optimism that it would be…
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s ambition to challenge Boeing and Airbus with its own homegrown passenger jet is running into turbulence, with deliveries of finished aircraft likely to fall far short of its target announced for this year. The C919 jet — a single-aisle passenger plane aiming to rival Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A320 –…
BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus said on Wednesday it had opened a second assembly line in China, increasing manufacturing capacity for its best-selling A320neo family of single-aisle jets. The European planemaker’s 10th final assembly line globally, located in the port city of Tianjin near Beijing, is set to be fully operational in early 2026. Its inauguration comes…
A Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Beijing with a “defective component” required firefighters to be on standby after landing in Hong Kong on Friday, with all passengers and crew members eventually disembarking from the Airbus A330-300 aircraft safely. Flight CX331, which departed from Beijing on Friday afternoon and landed in Hong Kong just before 8.30pm,…
A Cathay Pacific Airways flight from Beijing with a “defective component” required firefighters to be on standby after landing in Hong Kong on Friday, with all passengers and crew members eventually disembarking from the Airbus A330-300 aircraft safely. Flight CX331, which departed from Beijing on Friday afternoon and landed in Hong Kong just before 8.30pm,…
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 | Image Credit: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons For a limited five-week period in mid-2026, Singapore Airlines (SQ) will resume its Airbus A380 services along the Singapore (SIN) – Hong Kong (HK) route. Equipped with the carrier’s flagship 2017 Business Class products and suites, this short-haul…
By Dan Catchpole SEATTLE (Reuters) -U.S. planemaker Boeing said on Tuesday that it delivered 48 airplanes in July, down from 60 in June but five more than a year earlier. It was the most deliveries by the company in July since 2017, when it delivered 58 aircraft. Boeing continued to fall further behind European rival…