China’s demand that airlines refer to Taiwan as part of China What’s in a name? An awful lot, according to the powers that be in Beijing. China’s ongoing insistence that Taiwan is part of its bamboo empire and integral to its sovereign territory has been unchanged since Chiang Kai-shek led his defeated Republic of China
On reg reform, CASA’s intent is admirable, but the outcome is looking troubled The Jeckle-Hyde nature of CASA with internal struggles between the reformers and others continues and is now to be played out in the slow-moving train wreck that is regulatory reform. There are bright spots – AVMED reform, recognition of industry programs to
What future for Airbus’s metal widebody twin? Designed through the early 1980s and revealed in 1986 alongside its sister, the A340, Airbus’ enduring A330 widebody twinjet was never supposed to be the linchpin of the Airbus A330/340 family. Created as a largely regional, high-capacity airliner to replace the A300 (and to an extent the A310)