Civil aviation news
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August 19, 2026
Air China's logistics operation connected China with Bogotá to deliver water treatment plants, generators and tents in a single high-capacity flight.
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China Southern Airlines launched a new direct cargo service between Oslo Airport and Shanghai on 19 August. The route operates twice weekly with Boeing 777 freighters, offering approximately 100…
China Southern has launched a new cargo route between Oslo and Shanghai. Since 19 August, the airline has flown twice weekly with a Boeing 777F between the two cities. Per…
Magma Aviation has appointed CF Greater China as its General Sales and Service Agent (GSSA) for the Greater China market, strengthening its commercial presence in one of the world’s largest and…
China's Navy Task Force 83 returned to Dalian, in Liaoning province, after completing a 64-day deployment and sailing more than 11,000 nautical miles. The formation carried out…
Colombo to take part in effort to cut certification and adoption timeline for Chinese eVTOL platform from years to months. Chinese electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) developer EHang has…
Magma Aviation has appointed sister company Chapman Freeborn Greater China as its General Sales and Service Agent (GSSA) across the country. This follows the signing of an agreement on 25 June, said…
Under the partnership, Topcast can now offer AmSafe’s aircraft restraint solutions, spare parts and support to customers in the APAC region.
China tests a blended-wing-body aircraft concept with an 85-metre wingspan, Mach 0.8, and a scale model evaluated in a transonic wind tunnel
The White House is claiming more than 40 countries, including Singapore and Vietnam, have been complicit in transhipping Chinese-manufactured goods to evade tariffs. In a report, The Great…
EcoCeres has expanded its efforts to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in China through a new partnership that will see SF Airlines use the fuel for its outbound freighter flights from Ezhou…
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Turkish Airlines (TK) will expand its China network with the launch of scheduled flights between Istanbul Airport (IST) and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) from November 11, 2026. The…
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The aircraft carrier Liaoning (CV-16) of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) was detected sailing in the Yellow Sea in recent days, in what appeared to be a brief…
AmSafe and Topcast Aviation Supplies announced an exclusive distribution agreement for the commercial aviation market across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Under the agreement…
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August 18, 2026
Turkish Airlines will strengthen its presence in China by launching direct flights between Istanbul and Chengdu from 11 November 2026. The capital of Sichuan province…
Turkish Airlines will strengthen its presence in China with the launch of direct flights between Istanbul and Chengdu starting November 11, 2026. The capital of Sichuan province…
Turkish Airlines will strengthen its presence in China with the launch of direct flights between Istanbul and Chengdu starting November 11, 2026. The capital of Sichuan province will become the…
Turkish Airlines launches flights between Istanbul and Chengdu in November, its fourth destination in mainland China
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Shenzhen Airlines and Loong Air have expressed interest in the narrowbody, but limited production remains a major obstacle to expanding its operator base
Pentagon’s Worst Nightmare: China’s J-36 Shatters Assumptions with Shocking Sixth-Generation Agility
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The global military-aviation balance may have just shifted dramatically. China has publicly showcased what no other sixth-generation... The post…
Shenzhen Airlines and Loong Air show interest in Comac's C919, but still have no firm orders for the Chinese jet
A team of Chinese researchers developed and wind-tunnel tested an aircraft model with a blended-wing-body design that could carry more than 800 people, in a project…
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August 17, 2026
China and Belarus launched Exercise Swift Eagle 2026, a new edition of the joint training between their Special Forces and airborne troops. The activity began on…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. India had intelligence awareness of military supplies being moved to Pakistan from China and Türkiye in the... The post India Tracked Chinese and…
Turkish carrier Turkish Airlines is expanding its offering on mainland China, launching direct flights to Chengdu from November 11, 2026. The capital of the province…
China’s CoolFly its unveiled Urban, its standing-position personal aircraft, at the recent CoolFly Global Product Launch in Hangzhou, China. “CoolFly describes Urban as the world’s first…
The US Navy destroyer USS Benfold suffered a critical failure in its generators while sailing through waters of the South China Sea, an incident that left it without power, forcing…
China's government has renewed its five-year plan for civil aviation, charting the sector's course to 2030. The strategy paper sets out…
August 16, 2026
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. When it comes to self-propelled artillery — mobile, armoured gun systems that can fire and rapidly relocate... The post India vs China…
August 15, 2026
Authorities said Wu’s repeated photography of Whiteman AFB’s infrastructure, including after a warning, distinguished the case from ordinary aircraft photography. Qilin Wu, the Chinese national who…