China Southern Airlines News

China Won't Pay ETS, Other Asian Carriers May

China's airlines will refuse to pay any charges under the European Union's new carbon trading scheme, while other Asia Pacific carriers, already battling a weak travel market, are likely to pass on the extra cost to passengers.
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Xiamen Air Sells Two 737s To Hebei Airlines

China Southern Airlines subsidiary Xiamen Airlines is selling two airlines to Hebei Airlines, the company announced on Friday.
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Chinese Carriers To Sue EU Over Carbon Law

Air China and three other major Chinese carriers are planning to sue jointly the European Union for its plan to charge airlines for carbon emissions, a senior official with the country's industry group said on Wednesday.
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China Raps EU Carbon Law As It Takes 1st A380

China's largest airline by fleet size, China Southern, kept up pressure on the European Union over carbon trading rules as it took delivery of the its first Airbus A380 superjumbo on Friday.
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Airbus Sees China, Asia As Recession Buffer

Demand for new planes from China and Asia will provide Airbus with a buffer for growth in the event of a global recession resulting from Europe's debt crisis, the company's chief operating officer said on Thursday.
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CAE Sells Full-Flight Simulators For CAD$60 Mln

Canada's CAE said it sold four full-flight simulators and related training devices for CAD$60 million to customers including Russia's Aeroflot and CAE's joint venture project with China Southern Airlines.
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China To Invest USD$232 Bln In Aviation - Report

China will invest over CNY1.5 trillion yuan (USD$232 billion) in the aviation industry in the next five years and will push consolidation among airlines to hone their international competitiveness, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Monday.
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China Commentary Slams EU Airline CO2 Scheme

A European Union plan to include all airlines flying to Europe in the Emissions Trading Scheme from next year is unfair and contrary to global efforts to fight climate change, China's state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
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China To Allow Individual Tourism To Taiwan

China said on Sunday it will start allowing its citizens to visit Taiwan as individual tourists from late this month, relaxing rules that tether mainland tourists to tightly-run groups and wooing the island with an economic boost.
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China Southern To Buy Six Boeing Freighters

China Southern Airlines, one of the country's top three carriers, will buy six Boeing 777 freighters with a total list price of USD$1.58 billion, it said on Tuesday.
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