MarketWatch reports, “China will more than double its commercial airplane fleet by 2043, says Boeing, thanks to the expansion of the aviation industry to meet growing passenger travel and cargo demand. The U.S. plane maker said Tuesday in its annual 20-year forecast that China will need 8,830 new commercial airplanes through 2043, up from its 8,560…”
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China’s Three Major Airlines End 2023 with Losses
Aviation Week reports, “Despite the reopening and relaxing of China’s borders in January 2023, the country’s three state-owned airlines—Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines—all ended 2023 with losses, although these deficits have narrowed.”
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China’s New Tiangong Space Station Now Operational
SPACE reports, “The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit.” Chinese astronauts late last month reached the Tiangong space station, replacing “the existing crew that helped wrap up construction. With this successful mission, China has become just the third nation to operate a permanent space station.”
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