Photos of China's first all-electric passenger aircraft, the COMAC CE-25A, have surfaced online, showing ten battery-powered ducted fans on its wings. The full-scale demonstrator has drawn mockery as well as interest, raising questions about whether electric aviation is a serious path or an expensive detour.
Liu Caiyun, a 66-year-old from Changsha, took up flying after retiring, has flown twice this year, and has already walked desert wilderness and visited both poles. Her story has become a template for a generation rethinking what retirement looks like.
Chengdu's two airports and hotels filled up over National Day, yet travelers largely used the city as a launchpad for western Sichuan rather than visiting its ticketed attractions, prompting a rethink of how the gateway city profits from the boom.
A Ukrainian traveler loses a $2,200 iPhone minutes after landing at Shanghai Pudong, holding her IDs and entire itinerary. A volunteer spends three days helping her search, file a police report and track it down.
A Dubai-bound flight to Tel Aviv that lost 174 passengers to a mid-air struggle is the latest case study in a quiet aviation crisis: pilots flying with dangerously little rest, and what science says can go wrong.
The US Navy has picked Boeing to build its next-generation F/A-XX carrier fighter, a full-scale development contract worth more than $20 billion. It follows Boeing's 2025 win of the Air Force's F-47, giving the planemaker two of America's biggest future combat aircraft programs.
China Eastern Airlines will spend about 3.4 billion yuan on a production support zone at Shanghai Pudong's fourth-phase expansion and add 3.1 billion yuan to its Jiangsu unit, betting on a post-pandemic travel rebound.
A man's viral account of seven years of long-distance marriage — monthly flights, swapped hospital shifts and a wait in the cold — has Chinese social media trading stories about love, distance and fatigue.
China Southern Airlines flew its C919 from Guangzhou to Qingdao on September 28, the homegrown jet's first regularly scheduled commercial service in the port city. The route links the Greater Bay Area with the Shandong economic zone.
A manned drone shaped like a flying saucer drew a 120-million-yuan order at a Yiwu trade fair, sparking debate over safety and whether such vehicles are ready for ordinary buyers.
Singapore-based Banyan Tree Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Newmark Hotels & Reserves, adding seven African countries to its global portfolio. The deal, announced September 17, marks a major step in the luxury hospitality brand's international expansion.
Developed by COMAC, the C919 narrow-body jet is expanding from its first commercial routes into a growing fleet. Here is what makes China's flagship passenger plane tick — and what it is like to fly on one.
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