A China Eastern Airlines Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 has completed a flight into China's Lijiang Airport to validate the capability and benefits of an advanced navigation method known as required navigation performance.

With Chinese nationalism rising and anti-French feelings increasing, Airbus has shifted gears and called on its partners, suppliers and other related parties in China to share its vision of building a green, eco-friendly aviation industry.

Cessna announced it had completed a successful visit to both the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition Forum 2008 in Hong Kong and the Singapore Airshow by wrapping up orders for 74 aircraft, with an estimated value of more than US$219 million.

Aerospace Products International announced the launch of a Logistics Services Program to support Dassault Falcon Jet customers operating in China.

GE Aviation and CFM International, GE's 50/50 joint company with Snecma of France, announced that combined jet engine orders in China in 2007 surpassed more than 420 engines, adding to GE's dramatically growing presence in the country.