Commenting on China’s Commercial Aviation Industry with the Latest CAAC Report

Introduction In June 2020, CAAC drew an annual portrait of China’s aviation industry, through its annual Aviation Industry Report, covering commercial, cargo, and general aviation. In this blog post, we’ll focus essentially on commercial passenger transportation. While published in 2020, this report is based on figures of 2019, thus drawing a very different and positive picture of an industry that has recently suffered dearly during … Continue reading Commenting on China’s Commercial Aviation Industry with the Latest CAAC Report

A Portrait of the Chinese Airline Industry in 2019 (Part 2/2): Mapping the Airline Ecosystem

This blog post is a follow-up of a previous article tracing the history of China’s air transport industry (A Portrait of the Chinese Airlines Industry in 2019 (Part I): a Historical Perspective). Part II aims at mapping the airline ecosystem and showing how the so-called “Big Four” (Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, HNA Group) are dominant in the current landscape. A Few Words on … Continue reading A Portrait of the Chinese Airline Industry in 2019 (Part 2/2): Mapping the Airline Ecosystem