Monday, June 6, 2022

China Eastern's first C919 aircraft, Nucleic acid tests cancelled in 5 provinces

 Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

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Full of details! China Eastern's first C919 aircraft


On 3 June 2022, Weibo blogger @dry Sukhoi released the latest picture of C919 aircraft 107, which is said to be the first C919 passenger aircraft delivered to China Eastern Airlines.

From the photo, it can be seen by using the curve to pull the colour scale, a few pieces of green tape are pasted on the vertical tail of this plane, which is used to block the big logo of China Eastern, and it can also be seen that there are tapes covering all parts of the fuselage. The font of China Eastern Airlines and the small painting of "the world's first C919"!

The blogger said that the stickers made the C919 look more like a prototype than a delivery model, but the details can still be seen in the photos.

It is reported that at 6.52 am on 14 May 2022, the C919 aircraft numbered B-001J took off from the 4th runway of Pudong Airport and landed safely at 9.54 am, marking that COMAC is about to deliver the first customer's aircraft. The first flight test of the first C919 large aircraft was successfully completed.

On 10 May 2022, China Eastern announced that it will raise 15 billion RMB, of which 10.5 billion RMB will be used to introduce 38 aircraft, including 4 C919 aircraft, 24 ARJ21-700 aircraft, 6 A350-900 aircraft and 4 B787-9 aircraft airplane.

The announcement also revealed the price of the C919 aircraft for the first time, with a list price of $99 million.

According to China Eastern's 2021 annual report, China Eastern plans to introduce 3 C919 large aircraft in 2022 and 2 in 2023.


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Two bodies found in cargo hold of Air Algerie aircraft

According to news from Agence France-Presse and AL-Arabiya, on 4 June 2022, local time, the Algerian police issued a statement saying that the bodies of two men were found in the cargo hold of an Air Algerie plane at Algiers International Airport that day. .

The local police said in a statement that the bodies of two men, aged between 20 and 23, were found at 5 am on the 4th.

The statement did not disclose the origin and destination of the plane involved, and local police have launched an investigation, the report said.

Previously, there were media reports that in March this year, a foreigner successfully smuggled into France by hiding in the luggage compartment of an Air Algerie plane.

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Zhuhai to build a general airport hub for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau

In order to build a new pattern of "big transportation" and seize the strategic opportunity period of "transportation improvement", Zhuhai's "Three-Year Action Plan for "Big Transportation" Construction in Doumen District (2022-2024) (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") was released recently, proposing " One core, two ports, three bridges and four tracks, eight horizontal and eight verticals, and six major challenges” strategic goals, lead the “transportation improvement” through planning, build a high-quality modern comprehensive transportation system, build a transportation hub city on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary, and accelerate the construction of Wealth, beauty and happiness, "Da Doumen", with a new attitude, it is striving to build a new engine for Zhuhai's "Second Entrepreneurship" to accelerate its development and contribute to Doumen's transportation power.

The "Plan" proposes to build air routes with extensive radiation by accelerating the expansion of the second phase of Lianzhou General Airport, establishing a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau business jet base, build a flight service network in the Bay Area, and actively build it into the second airport in Zhuhai, focusing on the development of tourism routes, business flights, low-cost regional airlines and other businesses. Continental Airport will be built into a general airport hub for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. The "Plan" is clear: around the Lianzhou general airport hub, build a domestic first-class general aircraft manufacturing and general aviation service base, attract upstream and downstream supporting enterprises to gather in the surrounding area, extend the industrial chain, and support the building of a 100 billion-level general aviation industry cluster.

The second-phase expansion project of Lianzhou General Airport has been included in the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Comprehensive Transportation System of Guangdong Province" released in September 2021. One of its expansion contents is to extend the existing runway to 2,400 m and a width of 45 m, and to build a new parallel taxiway, air show apron and air exhibition hall.

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South Korea will not need to quarantine for those who have not been vaccinated since 8 June 2022

According to a report by Yonhap News Agency on 3 June 2022, the South Korean government will fully lift the quarantine obligation of those who have not been vaccinated against covid from 8 June 2022, as well as restrictions on the flight time of Incheon Airport.

The South Korean government said on 3 June that due to measures such as restrictions on the number and time of flights at Incheon Airport, the supply of flight space was in short supply and the price of air tickets soared. The government decided to fully relax the restrictions on Incheon Airport from 8 June. At the same time, nucleic acid (PCR) testing or rapid antigen testing before entry, and nucleic acid testing within three days of entry will be temporarily maintained.

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Foreign media: Sri Lanka in diplomatic spat with Russia over seizure of Russian plane

According to Agence France-Presse, on June 4, local time, Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport denied that the country's government was behind the decision to seize an Aeroflot plane. Earlier, Russia protested the move through diplomatic channels.

The Airbus A330 took off from Moscow and arrived in Sri Lanka on June 2, the report said. The airliner was seized at Bandaranaike International Airport on the same day after a court order issued in the capital Colombo.

According to reports, there were 191 passengers and 13 crew members on board the Su-289 flight that was supposed to return.

According to the TASS news agency, on June 3, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned a senior Sri Lankan envoy to express "firm protest" over the detention of the plane.

But Airports and Air Services, which operates Bandaranaike International Airport, said in a statement that the dispute was "entirely commercial" and should not involve the government.

The report said the plane was stopped by order of the Colombo Commercial Court as an Irish company filed a lawsuit citing a commercial dispute.

The case will reportedly be heard on 8 June 2022.

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Xi'an-Almaty all-cargo route opened

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In the morning of 5 June 2022, an all-cargo plane loaded with 50 tons of high value-added goods took off from Xi'an Xianyang Airport and flew directly to Almaty International Airport, marking the smooth opening of the all-cargo route from Xi'an to Almaty.

The Xi'an-Almaty route opened this time is operated by SF Airlines using Boeing B767-300F aircraft. It is planned to fly once a week, and the flight frequency will be dynamically adjusted according to market demand in the later period. It is expected to transport 1,500 tons of international cargo and mail throughout the year. about.

According to reports, the opening of the route from Xi'an to Almaty will effectively promote the bilateral trade between Shaanxi and Central Asia. At the same time, Xi'an and Almaty will be used as transit points to make full use of the international network accessibility of the airports of the two places, link the global market, and connect the More than 40 major cities in Asia, Europe, America and Africa, improve the regional international logistics capabilities.

This route is also another international cargo route opened by Xianyang Airport after the "Xianyang-Kansai" all-cargo route this year. So far, the total number of all-cargo routes in Xi'an Airport has reached 40.

With the opening of the air route between Xi'an and Almaty, the air trade channel between China and Kazakhstan has been further expanded. It is the deep integration of Xi'an Airport into the "Belt and Road" grand structure, giving full play to its geographical advantages, and building a "high-efficiency, high-efficiency, high-efficiency and It is an important measure to promote the development of the western region through the international trade channel with low cost and excellent service, and the two-way mutual aid network between Asia and Europe to promote the development of the Central Asian market for enterprises in Shaanxi and even the northwest region, and promote cooperation with countries along the “Belt and Road”. The economic and trade exchanges, interconnection and regional coordinated development have injected new momentum into Shaanxi, helping Shaanxi to build a new highland for inland reform and opening up.

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Ezhou Huahu Airport will be put into operation at the end of June 2022

Reporters:  "Changjiang Daily" Ren Yong and He Xufeng

Image : Web Screenshot



On 5 June 2022, a reporter from Changjiang Daily visited Ezhou Huahu Airport. On the scene, they saw that the terminal building looked simple and atmospheric against the blue sky. The two red characters of "Ezhou" on the top were very dazzling. All markings and lighting facilities are in place. In the lobby of the terminal building, the sun shines through 1,348 pieces of insulating glass, making it extra spacious and bright. Dozens of staff are working on equipment debugging, decoration and finishing work. It is reported that Ezhou Huahu Airport plans to start operations at the end of June and start the cargo operations at the end of November 2022.

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Foreign media: A 737 has a flat tire on landing


Image : Ben Lack / Metro


A Ryanair Boeing 737 blocked the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport for several hours on 5 June 2022, causing some flights to be delayed, AeroTime reported.

The landing gear of the flight from Faro, Portugal is believed to have failed after landing at Leeds Bradford Airport this morning. Passengers who witnessed the landing described it as "very heavy" followed by a "very abrupt stop".

Some media reported that the plane had a flat tire when it landed, which made the plane unable to taxi normally. "The plane could not be towed back to the terminal, so passengers could only take a shuttle bus on the runway to leave." The plane was stranded on the runway for several hours. Caused some flight delays and cancellations.

A Leeds Bradford Airport spokesman said passengers were safe and sound: "Passenger safety is our top priority and our team moved swiftly to deal with the incident, diverting four upcoming flights to a nearby airport. Airport operations have resumed as normal after all passengers disembarked safely."

A Ryanair spokesman added, "The flight from Faro to Leeds (5 June) made a normal landing at Leeds Bradford Airport at 11.40am before meeting on the runway. Minor tire issue. Passengers disembark normally and are transported to the terminal by shuttle."

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Daily average of over 200 sorties Pudong Airport cargo and mail flights are close to the normal level

On 5 June 2022, the reporter Wang Dianjia of CCTV News  learned from the Shanghai Airport Frontier Inspection Station that as Shanghai entered the full restoration of normal production and life order, as the world's top three and the domestic first international air cargo hub, the volume of cargo and mail flights at Shanghai Pudong International Airport has gradually picked up. During the three days of the Dragon Boat Festival, more than 600 inbound and outbound cargo and mail flights at Shanghai Pudong Airport were successfully cleared, with an average of more than 200 flights per day, and the volume of cargo and mail flights was close to the normal level.

At 10.07 am on 5 June, a PO213 flight took off from Tokyo, Japan, carrying 27 tons of electronic products, auto parts and other raw materials needed for enterprises in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta to resume work and production, and landed smoothly in Shanghai despite the wind and rain. Pudong International Airport's 24-hour Shanghai Airport Immigration Management Police opened a green channel, quickly completed the entry and border inspection procedures for the five crew members, and completed the non-contact clearance inspection to ensure the fast and safe customs clearance of the flight. A few hours later, the flight left the port successfully after being fully loaded with more than 100 tons of e-commerce products and other living materials.

It is reported that since 27 March 2022, the Shanghai Airport Border Inspection Station has assembled sufficient police force and continuously adhered to the station to comprehensively help ensure smooth air transportation. As of 5 June, the station has inspected more than 126,000 entry-exit personnel and more than 9,400 entry-exit flights, including about 8,500 cargo and mail flights.

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Jinan's first resumption flight to Shanghai takes off 

Image of China Eastern flight arriving in Jinan : CARNOC


At 11.58 am on 5 June 2022, Jinan's first commercial flight after the resumption of work in Shanghai, China Eastern flight MU5572, took off from Jinan for Shanghai, and successfully arrived at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport at 1.10 pm. The previous flight MU5571 from Shanghai to Jinan also welcomed the first batch of passengers to Ji'nan after Shanghai resumed work.

It is reported that Jinan will dynamically adjust the Jinan-Shanghai flight according to the actual situation, and resume the Shanghai route flight in an orderly manner. The Shandong Branch of China Eastern Airlines will also strictly implement the relevant requirements of the territory and the Civil Aviation Administration for epidemic prevention, and build a strong line of defense for passenger travel.

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Nucleic acid inspections have been cancelled in many Chinese provinces

Jiangxi Province: Nucleic acid test results are mutually recognized across the country, and people in low-risk and non-local epidemic areas can move freely and orderly. Negative certificates will no longer be checked, and landing inspections will no longer be implemented.

Unreasonable restrictions on the resumption of business and market resumption will be completely removed, and the comprehensive and orderly opening of various scenic spots, restaurants, hotels, and public cultural and entertainment venues will be promoted.

Jiangsu Province: For passengers, cargo vehicles and personnel in low-risk areas, the epidemic prevention traffic restrictions have been completely lifted across the province, and the 48-hour nucleic acid test certificate will no longer be checked at the expressway exit, and they will be released quickly.

Anhui Province: For freight vehicles from low-risk areas, the 48-hour nucleic acid test certificate is not checked; all localities should strengthen supervision and inspection to ensure fast and convenient passage of freight vehicles from low-risk areas, and it is strictly forbidden to introduce "local policies" and one-size-fits-all.

Guangdong Province: Traveling in Guangzhou, Zhanjiang and other places in the province no longer requires the inspection of a negative nucleic acid test certificate, and Shenzhen still needs to present a 72-hour nucleic acid test negative certificate.

Henan Province: Drivers and passengers of small buses with Zhengzhou licenses and buses with passes will no longer check the 48-hour nucleic acid certificate when entering Zhengzhou. The airport expressway Zhengzhou South Station has opened a dedicated channel.

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Inter-provincial tours resume in many places and usher in the first group

Stimulated by the gradual relaxation of travel restrictions across the country, various provinces across the country have successively resumed inter-provincial tours of tourism companies, and various regions have ushered in the first group tours in 2022.

"Yangtze Evening News" reported that on May 27, the Slender West Lake Scenic Spot ushered in the first inter-provincial tour group in the past three months, with a total of 77 people from Jinan and Tai'an in Shandong Province.

According to the "Nanjing Daily", in the early morning of 3 June 2022, the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism issued the "Notice on the Resumption of Inter-Provincial Tourism Operations", requiring the cultural and tourism authorities and travel agencies of all districts in the city to fully resume inter-provincial tourism operations and activities from now on. 

In the morning of the same day, a Ma'anshan tourist group of 50 people arrived in Nanjing. Under the premise of strictly taking preventive and control measures, they took a safe and comfortable day trip to Nanjing.

On 4 June 2022, the Lanshan District Culture and Tourism Bureau of Rizhao, Shandong announced that the group tour market, which had been stagnant for nearly half a year, finally saw the dawn when the Wuji Ghost Valley Tourist Area welcomed the first 3,000-person tour group this year. .

On 4 June, Jiangxi Shangrao Culture and Tourism Bureau announced that in June, Wuyuan welcomed the first sketch group.

On 5 June, Jiangxi Sanqingshan Scenic Spot released news that the tourism momentum has recovered. Recently, Sanqingshan has welcomed many batches of tour groups from outside the province.


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Surprising tricks to revive tourism everywhere

Recently, the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Statistics suggested in the "Analysis of Sichuan's Trade and Economic Operation in the First Quarter" that enterprises and institutions should be piloted with 2.5-day flexible work and rest on weekends to guide cadres and workers to take the lead in tourism consumption.

It is recommended to pilot 2.5 days of flexible work and rest on weekends in enterprises and institutions, guide cadres and workers to take the lead in tourism consumption, use weekends to go out for leisure and vacation, and introduce measures to benefit the people such as "preferential packages" and "big gift packages".

Sichuan has worked hard to guide cadres and workers to take the lead in tourism consumption, while Yunnan has used short videos to personally recommend to the world through the director of the cultural and tourism bureaus of various cities and towns, and endorse the tourism of their hometown.

On 5 June, Yunnan Culture and Tourism released the theme activity of "It's Time to Travel in Yunnan | The directors of various city culture and tourism bureaus sincerely invite you to come to Yunnan to see the beauty of midsummer". Dali, Lijiang, Chuxiong, Yuxi, Nujiang, Xishuangbanna, Lincang, Honghe, Pu'er , Wenshan, Kunming and other municipal bureaus of culture and tourism sent out invitations to the people of the whole country through short video live appearances.

Compared with Sichuan, Yunnan, and Xinjiang, they have made an article on the "travel policy", the fundamental issue that plagues tourism recovery.

On 2 June 2022, the Culture and Tourism Department of the Autonomous Region held a "video conference on doing a good job in the current tourism work", requiring that according to the unified prevention and control policies of the country and the autonomous region, no overweight shall be allowed! Strengthen accountability, make Xinjiang tourism move, become popular, and attract tourists to Xinjiang as soon as possible!

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In addition to these strange tricks, the routine operations of issuing cultural tourism coupons and free tickets for scenic spots are endless.

News (14) to (16) /  Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/06/06/a103448100.html

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China's lockdown to prevent epidemics hits the economy, people hold their wallets tightly and dare not spend

The Beijing authorities' frequent lockdown of the city's epidemic prevention policy has hit the economy hard. Although localities have been "sending money" intensively recently in an attempt to stimulate consumption, due to the uncertainty of epidemic prevention and control, people are worried about the crisis of survival , forced to close their wallets, not willing to spend too much.

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People are reluctant to buy houses

"First Financial" reported on 5 June 2022, Luo Zhiheng, chief economist of Yuekai Securities, said that under the epidemic, people are full of uncertainty about the future, and they are unwilling to spend, including loans to buy houses, but turn to precautionary savings. .

Luo Zhiheng said that the public's tightening of house purchase consumption will have an impact on the sales and cash flow of real estate companies, which will lead to a decline in people's confidence in the entire real estate industry, forming a vicious circle.

According to statistics from the Central Plains Real Estate Research Institute, since 2022, nearly 130 cities have issued policies to save the property market.

"Sino-Singapore Jingwei" reported that in May this year, 40 cities have taken action to save the property market. Including Chengdu in Sichuan, Haikou in Hainan, Luoyang in Henan, Dongguan in Guangdong, Putian in Fujian, Jiaxing in Zhejiang, Nanjing in Jiangsu, Shenyang in Liaoning, etc., the rescue policies are mostly based on reducing down payment, increasing the amount of provident fund loans, providing housing subsidies, and canceling sales restrictions.

However, under the strict epidemic control policy, some analysts believe that the authorities' rescue of the market has little effect. Kerui, a real estate big data application service provider, said that the authorities' rescue of the market has limited effect, and it is difficult to reverse the continued downward trend of the market in the short term.

The Reuters report quoted Lu Ting, chief China economist at Nomura, as saying that uncertainty, lack of confidence, rising unemployment and falling incomes all contributed to the decline in new home sales.

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Intensive "money issuance" in various places to promote consumption

Consumption is one of the three carriages that drive China's economy but the continuous lockdown and epidemic prevention measures have hit China's economy and people's livelihood hard, and the level of consumption has plummeted.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics of the Communist Party of China, China's total retail sales of consumer goods in April fell by 11.1% year-on-year; retail sales of consumer goods other than automobiles fell by 8.4%.

In order to promote consumption and boost the economy, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang proposed 33 measures to "stabilize the economy" when he chaired an executive meeting of the State Council on June 1, and once again proposed a steady increase in the consumption of automobiles, home appliances and other bulk consumption.

Recently, digital currency red envelopes and consumer coupons have been issued all over China to stimulate public consumption. Automobiles are a major focus of boosting consumption. Shanghai, Guangdong, Hubei, Shandong, Hainan and many other provinces and cities have made “big efforts” to encourage people to buy cars. Measures include trade-in, financial subsidies, and issuance of consumer coupons.

Home appliances are another focus to promote consumption. Shandong issued 200 million yuan of consumer coupons for home appliances in early June; Shenzhen, from May to August, subsidized consumers 15% of the sales price for eligible home appliances. The maximum cumulative amount per person is 2,000 yuan (the same below in RMB).

In addition, food and beverage retail consumption coupons are being distributed in large numbers in various places. Official media reported that Chengdu, Sichuan is issuing 240 million yuan of consumer coupons, Shanxi Taiyuan continues to issue 420 million yuan of consumer coupons, Guizhou issued 140 million yuan of retail, sports and catering coupons, and Zhengzhou, Henan issued 5 million yuan of catering coupons during the Dragon Boat Festival. More than 200 million yuan of various consumer coupons will be issued. Qingdao, Xiangtan and other places also issued consumer coupons worth 10 million yuan during the Dragon Boat Festival.

According to statistics from mainland Media, in the first four months of this year, 20 provinces and cities including Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Tianjin have successively issued consumer coupons totaling more than 3.4 billion yuan.

However, the comments said that this coupon is similar to the discount of the merchant, such as "100 minus 30", you can only make up the difference to buy, or the merchant will increase the unit price of the product, this coupon is the bait for cutting leeks.

Mr. Li, a resident of Zhengzhou, told NTDTV, "Many businesses can't keep up anymore, so you can make it 50% or 80% discount, and it won't last. Of course, more families are like this. It can't last."

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The flag of the Republic of China appeared on the Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine asked the world for help
   
Reporter : Chen Chengliang / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3951236 / Image :  "Daily Telegraph" station correspondent Smith shared the current situation of downtown Kyiv through Twitter. (taken from Twitter @niccijsmith)


Nicola Smith, the Taiwanese correspondent for The Telegraph, a major British newspaper who has spoken for Taiwan many times, is currently reporting in the Ukrainian capital. She tweeted on the 5th her post.

Share your first impression of the city of Kyiv. One of the photos was taken at the Independence Square in Kyiv. There are dozens of national flags on one wall, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, the United States, etc. One of them is the flag of Taiwan.

It can be seen from the photo that a slogan at the bottom of the wall reads "Countries in the world, we need your military equipment and manpower, please".

On 5 June, Russia launched a number of long-range cruise missiles towards the capital Kyiv, causing many facilities around Kiev to be attacked. This is the first time that Kyiv has been attacked by Russian missiles on a large scale since the end of April.

Smith issued a report from Kyiv on 6 June, saying that Britain ignored the warning of Russian President Vladimir Putin and would follow the example of the United States and send a long-range missile system, known as the "M270 Multiple Rocket System," to Ukraine. 

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