Posted in Evan's Fiskings, tagged aerospace, asia, competition, nationalism on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
This AP story on Aviation.com has a troublesome lede. Check it out: “China plans to set up its own company to make passenger jumbo jets, making it less dependent on Boeing and Airbus, official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday.” (Emphasis added.) I’ve blogged previously about China’s aerospace ambitions. Here, the reporter errs in his word [...]
Posted in Evan's Commentary, tagged aerospace, asia, nationalism, prestige, travel, world on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Chinese were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of jumbo jets danced in their heads.
China, not stopping with its forthcoming small-to-medium-size civilian jetliner, is moving forward with its jumbo jet program. Its two state-run and owned aerospace companies, AVIC I and AVIC II, will be restructured. AVIC I (an acronym for China Aviation [...]
Posted in Evan's Debates, tagged aerospace, asia, competition, europe, green, nationalism, open skies, prestige, regulation, usa, world on December 12, 2007 | No Comments »
My exchange with Daniel Hall earlier this week made it onto The Economist’s Free Exchange, which was in turn picked up by Megan McArdle’s Asymmetrical Information.
The Economist writer brings in the intervention dimension:
[S]o politicised an industry as air travel need not fear dislocations in any case; governments would react incredibly quickly to pull back on [...]
