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Overview
Commercial aviation is crucial to China's economic growth, and Boeing has been working together successfully with China for 34 years (since 1972). Boeing provides the world's best airplanes to China. Boeing supports a safe operating environment during rapid airline growth. Boeing is partnering with the airline industry and regulatory authority to help ensure a safe, efficient, profitable, advanced Chinese aviation system, be competitive and establish a new world-class standard. Chinese airlines help influence the design requirements for new Boeing airplanes.
In others parts of industry, Boeing helps Chinese companies develop skills, achieve certification, and join the world aviation and supplier network. China has an increasingly sophisticated and expanding role in the commercial aviation industry. China has a role on all of Boeing airplanes, the 737, 747, 767, 777 and 787. China has an important, highly visible role on the 737 -- building horizontal stabilizers, vertical fins, portions of the aft tail section, doors, wing-panels and other parts. China builds all the trailing edge wing ribs for every 747. China has an important role on the new 787 Dreamliner airplane, building the rudder, wing-to-body fairing panels and leading edge of the vertical fin. China is the first location for conversions for the new 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter -- with many parts and assemblies built in China and conversion, test, certification in China and delivery from China.
Boeing equity investment in China is considerable, and Boeing procurement from China is significantly greater than other aviation companies. But Boeing's most critical investment is training people, particularly in aviation safety training, aviation quality practices, business and executive training, and technical support. Boeing is a leader in creating the U.S.-China Aviation Cooperation Program, an initiative of U.S. government and American aviation companies, working with China's Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) and airlines to help speed advancement of China's commercial aviation.
Boeing is recognized as an industry leader in supporting a strong and robust US-China bilateral trade relationship. Boeing successfully promoted U.S. approval of China's accession to the World Trade Organization, and it took a leadership role on congressional approval of normal trade relations between the U.S. and China. Given the company's dedication to the success of the US-China economic relationship, Boeing remains committed to demonstrating the value of bilateral trade and advocating its continued growth.
Boeing is a global enterprise, the world leader in aerospace and partner in China's aviation industry. Boeing continues to increase its presence, investment and multifaceted commitment to China. Boeing is committed to helping ensure safe, advanced commercial aviation in China. Boeing looks toward growing, cooperation and partnership.
Boeing and China - the Early Years
Ties between Boeing and China began early. In 1916, the year of the company's founding, William E. Boeing hired Beijing-born Wong Tsu to design a new seaplane, the Model C, for the U.S. Navy.
Wong had recently graduated in aeronautical engineering from Armstrong Technical College in London and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. His work with The Boeing Company laid the groundwork for a generation of early airplanes.
China is not only distinguished in Boeing's history for having contributed its first engineer hired by the Company. In 1935, China became the first country outside the United States to receive a Boeing field service representative, named Nemo Poncetti who helped with P-26 airplanes.
On March 29, 1939, Pan American Airways began trans-Pacific service to Hong Kong using Boeing 314 Clipper seaplanes. North American Aviation provided basic trainer airplanes to China in the 1930s, and a number of Douglas Dolphins, DC-2s and DC-3s operated in China in the 1930s and 1940s.
Boeing and China - the Jet Age
On February 21, 1972, the world watched as President Richard Nixon landed in the People's Republic of China aboard Air Force One, a Boeing 707, marking the dawn of a new era. That same year the Civil Aviation Administration of China ordered 10 Boeing 707s, establishing it as a major world airline.
After normalization of relations between the United States and China in 1979, then-Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping flew to Washington, D.C., for a state visit. He also visited Seattle to tour the Boeing 747 line. More orders followed in the 1980s. Today, Boeing jets are the mainstay of China's air travel and cargo system.
In November 1993, then-President Jiang Zemin visited Boeing and helped Boeing set a new course in China with emphasis on training, safety and expanded cooperation, as well as on providing modern airplanes to China.
In April 2006, President Hu Jintao addressed employees at the Boeing Everett factory, saying "Boeing's cooperation with China is a vivid example of the mutually beneficial cooperation and win-win outcome that China and the United States have achieved from trading with each other."
China's Boeing Fleet
As of the first quarter of 2006, 565 or 61% of the 924 commercial jetliners operating in China were Boeing airplanes (B and MD models), 251 or 27 % were Airbus, and 108 or 12% were from other manufacturers (excludes Hong Kong and Macao; this is consistent with the CAAC's accounting of China fleet).
China Orders, Deliveries and Outlook
Deliveries
- 2003 -- 28 new Boeing airplanes
- 2004 -- 21 new Boeing airplanes
- 2005 -- 52 new Boeing airplanes
- 2006 -- more than 60 new Boeing airplanes planned
2005 / 2006 Airplane Orders -- 120 firm contracted orders in 2005; 40 in 2006 (as of 5/12/06)
- January 2005, China committed to purchase 60 new 787 Dreamliner airplanes valued at $7.2 billion (at list price). China's six airlines are 787 launch customers -- a first for China. Contracts completed in 2005 for all 60 787s, including 10 China Southern, 15 Air China, 15 China Eastern Airlines, 9 Shanghai Airlines, 3 Xiamen Airlines, and 8 Hainan Airlines
- June 2005, Shanghai Airlines purchases two 767ER airplanes, with a list value of about $256 million
- July 2005, China Cargo Airlines (a subsidiary of China Eastern) purchases two 747-400ER airplanes, with a list price of $430 million
- September 2005, Jade Cargo purchases six 747-400ER freighters valued at $1.3 billion
- November 2005, 150 airplanes announced by China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Group. The first 50 of these Next Generation 737 airplanes were booked in December 2005, another 40 in 2006.
- Contracted in 2005: 20 for China Southern; 6 for Hainan; 5 for Shanghai; 4 for China Eastern; 5 for Shenzhen, 10 for Xiamen
- Contracted in 2006: In January, 10 for Air China and 6 for Shandong; later in the year, another 20, unidentified
Boeing China Current Market Outlook (CMO) -- Over the next 20 years (2005-2024) Boeing forecasts China
- Will require over 2,600 new airplanes, worth approximately $213 billion
- Single-aisle aircraft such as the Boeing 737 will be the largest category with that total, at 1,678 airplanes. Intermediate twin-aisles such as the Boeing 787 and 777s will be about 568 airplanes, while regional jet will be 293 units and 747 and larger-size airplanes will be at 73 units
- Those airplanes will grow the China fleet to over 3,200 units, more than tripling its size by 2024
- Over the forecast period, China is and will remain the largest market outside the United States for new commercial airplanes
- China's air cargo traffic is expected to grow 10% on average during this time
- China's domestic market is expected to average 8.8 % annual growth
- China's overall air transportation market will increase 7.8% annually (domestic & international)
- Boeing projects air travel growth will outpace China's Gross Domestic Product increase
- High demand for airplanes is driven by an increasing affluence among the Chinese people and an increased desire to travel within China and to neighboring countries.Continued development of China's infrastructure and opening of new airports throughout the country will also enable China's rapid domestic air travel.
Boeing Investment in China
1. Industrial Cooperation
2. Joint Ventures, Enterprises and Facilities
3. Training, Technical Assistance and Support
4. Support to the Civil Aviation
Boeing has significant investment in China, beginning over 30 years ago. There are many types of investments, such as procurement, equity, facilities, joint ventures, alliances, and training. Boeing equity investment in China is considerable, and Boeing procurement from China is significantly greater than other aviation companies. But the most important investment, the investment which Boeing is most proud is the investment in training people. Boeing focuses especially on the training and transferring the technology of aviation safety, operations and quality standards.
1. Industrial Cooperation
Supplier Contracts / Procurement Values
- Value of recent new supplier contracts: $600,000,000 / 4.8 billion RMB is the total value, over the lifetimes of the programs, of new 787, 777 and 737 work contracted in June 2005 in Beijing
- With these new contracts, Boeing has active supplier contracts valued at $1.6 billion with China's aviation industry
- Since the 1980s, Boeing has procured about $700,000,000 / 5.6 billion RMB in aviation hardware from China
- There are more than 3,900 Boeing airplanes flying throughout the world today with parts and assemblies built by China. This is 30 percent of Boeing's world fleet of approximately 12,000 airplanes
- Global Supplier Network -- Boeing encourages our global supplier network to engage with China. Suppliers engaged with China include Fisher, Fokker, GE, Goodrich, Hamilton Standard, KAI, Pratt & Whitney, Primus International, Rolls Royce and Smith Industries
- Boeing works with the US government to obtain the necessary export approvals for work with China. Supplier contracts comply with US and Chinese export regulations.
- Chinese suppliers have proven their ability to deliver high quality products, on time and at competitive prices.
- Shanghai Aviation Industrial Corporation was named a Boeing 2005 Supplier of the Year
- Policy note: Boeing does not provide annual procurement numbers
Historical
- Boeing manufacturing training, raw materials, and parts (mid 1970s)
- MD-80/90 nose sections, landing gear doors, horizontal stabilizers (contract 1979, last delivery 1999)
- B-737, B-747 machined parts (1980-1992)
- B-737 Classic vertical fin, horizontal stabilizer, forward access door in Xi'an (1982-1999)
- MD-80s 35 airplanes assembled in Shanghai from kits (1985-1994)
- Two MD-90s assembled in Shanghai (contract 1992, completion 2000)
- B-757 empennage (vertical, horizontal, tail section) in Chengdu (1995-2004)
- B-757 cargo doors in Shenyang (1989-2004)
- TAECO in Xiamen: B-737NG elevator retrofit modification program (2002-3)
Current Work Packages / Procurement at Chinese-owned factories or multi-national ventures
- Chengdu:
- B-787 rudder, single source (contracted 2005, first delivery 2007)
- B-737 forward entry doors (since 2005)
- B-737 over-wing exit doors (since 2005)
- Hafei in Harbin:
- B-787 upper and lower panels for wing-to-body fairings (2005 contract), single source
- Shanghai:
- B-737 horizontal stabilizers (contract 1995; over 700 ship sets delivered)
- Xi'an:
- B-737 vertical fins (1995; over 1200 delivered)
- B-747 trailing edge wing ribs (contract 1996, over 500 ship sets delivered), single source
- B-747 floor beams and detailed parts and subassemblies for Boeing Converted Freighter (contracted in 2004)
- Shenyang:
- B-787, vertical fin leading edge (contracted in 2005), single source
- B-737 aft fuselage subassemblies (1996/2001, over 300 ship sets delivered), expanded to include 'Texas Star' (Nov. 2004)
- TAECO in Xiamen: parts, subassemblies and touch labor B-747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) modification program (2004-2010)
- BHA in Tianjin: (beginning in 2002) interior parts, secondary composite structures for B-737, 747, 767, 777 and 787
- B-737 composite panels and parts (flight deck, close out panels, dorsal fin, wing-to-body fairing, cover panels, wing fixed trailing edge, wing fixed leading edge, tail cone, interior panels)
- B-747 miscellaneous composite panels
- B-767 and 777 wing fixed tailing edges and dry bay barriers; empennage panels
- B-777 flight deck interior panels
- B-787 panels
- Southwest Aluminum in Chongqing: aluminum forgings, four for each 747 plane (since 1988)
- Hong Yuan (HYFC) in Sanyuan: titanium forgings, twelve for each 747 plane (since 1984)
- Other suppliers in the Boeing network are developing plans for China
- China has a large, highly visible role on the 737. Vertical fins are built in Xi'an; horizontal stabilizers are built in Shanghai, parts for the section 48 are built in Shenyang, forward entry door and over wing exit doors are built in Chengdu, and the tail cone, wing panels, fairings and a variety of composite parts and panels are built in Tianjin
- Boeing is increasing production rates for 737 work in China
- June 2004, Boeing announced China has an important role on the B-787, signing MOUs with AVIC I, AVIC II, CATIC, Chengdu Aircraft Industries, and Hafei Aircraft Industries. In June 2005 contracts were signed for this work, plus work with Shenyang Aircraft Co.
- Chengdu: single source for rudder
- Hafei in Harbin: Upper and lower wing-to-body fairing panels
- Shenyang: vertical fin leading edge
- For the 1st time, China factories have been selected as exclusive, single-source providers
- For the 1st time, Boeing is counting on China to build essential composite structures for passenger airliners
- For the 1st time, AVIC II engaged in a Boeing commercial airplane program
- For the 1st time, Boeing introduced its world-wide suppliers to China's factories, updating them on China's capabilities and strengths, and encouraging them to engage with Chinese industry; Nov. 2003, Boeing Asian Supplier conference in Beijing
- The value of the 787 rudder, wing-to-body fairing, and vertical fin leading edge work in China could reach several hundred million dollars over the lifetime of the 787 program
Current Work Packages through Boeing supplier network
- Fisher: (at BHA)
- Fokker: builds large electrical wire harness packages for the 737 in Langfang outside of Beijing. They are built for Boeing Electrical System Responsibility Center for the 737 airplane. Five packages of ten harnesses; at a rate of about 1000 harnesses per month, beginning in October 2005. Additional electrical equipment in 2006
- General Electric: procurement from Harbin, Shanghai, Xi'an, Sichuan, Suzhou, Guizhou, Shenyang
- Goodrich: CF34 fan cowl (at BHA, 2003)
- Hamilton Sundstrand: Hamilton Sundstrand Qinling Aerospace (Xiamen) Ltd. is a JV between Hamilton Sundstrand USA (65%) and Shaanxi AeroElectric Company Ltd. (35%) in Xiamen. It provides overhaul repair services for Hamilton Sundstrand electric power systems to airlines in China
- Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI): 737 parts for vertical fin, horizontal stabilizer, at SAIC and XAC (2006)
- Pratt & Whitney: engine components Xi'an and Chengdu
- Primus International: in Suzhou; factory ground breaking 2004, airplane components
- Rolls Royce: procurement from several locations including Xi'an, Shenyang
- Smith Industries
- Spirit
Global supply network examples of the complexity of the global supplier network and China placing work in the US
- Contour Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vought Aircraft Industries, signed a contract in 2006 with Shenyang Aircraft Corp. to manufacture the vertical leading edge spars for the 787. Contour is located in Everett, Washington.
- Plastic-Fab, a Kaman company with operations in Wichita, Kansas, is a supplier to Shenyang Aircraft Corp, providing fiberglass/composite panels for 787 vertical fin.
747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) -- China is the first location for conversion to the new 747-400 BCF
- The 747-400 BCF is a new Boeing program for converting older 747s into Boeing Converted Freighters. Boeing engineered and designed the BCF; Boeing plans each modification and provides warranties and follow-on customer support. Boeing sells both "turnkey" completed freighter modifications and kits of parts
- For turnkey modifications, Boeing contracts with TAECO in Xiamen to do the labor. TAECO is a joint venture, Boeing is a partner
- Conversion, testing, certification in China, delivery from China
- Many parts and materials are purchased in China for both turnkey and for kits of parts sold by Boeing. Xi'an builds the floor beams and detailed parts and small assemblies; TAECO builds detailed parts, subassemblies and does conversions.
- The first 747-400 BCF was completed in Xiamen in September 2005, then tested by Boeing, certified by the FAA and delivered in Hong Kong in December 2005.
- Seven customers have contracted with Boeing for 43 firm conversions and 23 options for 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter
2. Joint Ventures, Enterprises and Facilities
- Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co., Ltd (TAECO), Xiamen, established in 1993, is a joint venture for aircraft heavy maintenance, modification and repair.
- Boeing has a 9% interest in TAECO. Boeing has placed contracts with TAECO for the building parts and doing touch labor for 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter conversions. Over 2600 employees.
- BHA Aero Composites Co, Ltd, Tianjin is a joint venture (Boeing, Hexcel and AVIC I) for secondary composite structures and interior parts; first deliveries started in 2002.
- Boeing has a 40 percent interest in BHA. BHA's customers include Boeing, Fisher and Goodrich. Over 500 employees.
- Alteon, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has a Flight Training Center in Kunming. The center includes a joint venture and a wholly owned foreign enterprise. The center provides training for Chinese and for international airlines from several countries. 46 employees.
- Alteon through its partnership with Mil-Com Aerospace Pte Ltd., a company with roots in Singapore, has established Maintenance Training in a new training center in Tianjin. It is in conjunction with CAUC. It provides comprehensive maintenance training for Boeing fleets, to ATA level 104 standards.
- Spares Service Center, Beijing, a world-class center for logistics support. Spares store elevated to a service center in 1994
- Boeing, Shanghai Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Airlines Co., Ltd. intend to establish a joint venture that creates a facility which combines Boeing's expertise in airplane modification and large-scale integration and Shanghai Airlines' line and base maintenance expertise. It will serve the Asia Pacific region. Joint venture partners are currently seeking final licensing.
- Boeing China office in Beijing
3. Training, Technical Assistance and Support
- Technology Transfer -- Boeing provides technical expertise and international operational experience in aviation safety, efficiency, reliability and quality to Chinese airlines, regulatory authority, and industry. This helps ensure flight safety, reliability and efficiency, and the production of safe, high quality airplane hardware.
- Boeing has provided enhanced professional training to more than 32,000 Chinese aviation professionals since 1993 including pilot techniques, flight operations, maintenance engineering, regulatory, air traffic management, executive management, airline management and airline marketing, at no charge to China. Emphasis is on quality and safety
- 1993-2005 -- Boeing contributed several hundred million dollars worth of infrastructure development and training, industrial training and technical support to China's commercial aviation industry. This support and investment continues
- Since placing large assembly contracts in China in 1980, Boeing has had resident teams in China contributing directly to training and technical assistance and support of the Chinese factories
- Quality assurance, industrial engineering, manufacturing liaison, tooling engineering, finance and cost control, materials liaison
- Boeing works with the US government to obtain necessary export approvals for work and support in China. Boeing is compliant with US and Chinese export laws and regulations.
- Alteon Kunming Flight Training Center provides pilot, maintenance and cabin crew training; six flight simulators (one B-737NG, one B-737-400, one B-757-200 /767-300, one 747-200, one MD-82, one MD-90) and an emergency evacuation and safety training device. Alteon is a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
- 42 Boeing simulators (FFS, FBS, FTD) in China
- Alteon partnership with Mil-Com Aerospace Pte Ltd. in a Maintenance Training Center at CAUC in Tianjin.
- Alteon is exploring expansion of its training capacity in China by developing local infrastructure to support 787 training as well as the burgeoning fleet of Boeing aircraft.
- 32 field service representatives, at 16 Chinese bases, providing on-site technical support and 24-hour full service technical support
- On-line maintenance, engineering and flight operations data with MyBoeingFleet.com
- CAAC has direct download capability for Boeing airplane performance software and databases
- Airlines have on-site and 24-hour full service technical support
- Customized training, technical assistance and support for Chinese airlines provided by resident instructor pilots, flight operations and maintenance engineers (nine people) in Beijing, plus support from Seattle
- Each Chinese airline has instructor pilots, for each model, trained by Boeing. In addition, in 2004, Boeing initiated a program for comprehensive 737 training for over 100 pilots and ground school instructors at airlines, free of charge.
- Support of China's ARJ21 regional jet with engineering consulting contract
- Start-up airline support; High altitude airport support
- Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary, provides navigation, weather data and electronic flight bags.
- Aviation safety programs, human factor training, regulatory development support
- Airplane performance and flight operations training to improve safety, revenue
- Flight technical services, maintenance evaluation, training and consulting to optimize efficiency
- Marketing and business development are key components to Boeing's continual support and consulting for Chinese airlines. Examples are helping identify airline market demand, analyze routes and networks, operating efficiency and profitability, define future growth opportunities, recommend market development, validate business plans including, fleet plans, routes and solutions.
Executive Development Programs, Consulting
- Senior executive development program in U.S. and China for CAAC and airlines, began in 1998.
- Annual senior executive development programs for AVIC I and for AVIC II
- ATM program management
- Airline profitability strategies
- Boeing sponsors 200 CAAC and airline personnel for MBA degrees
- Executive business consulting, at no charge
U.S.-China Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP), began in 2004
- Demonstrates U.S. aviation commitment to China
- Trains Chinese aviation professionals in development and operation of safe airlines, aerospace industries, infrastructure, and air traffic management
- Boeing is a leader in this partnership between CAAC, the U.S. Government, and American aerospace firms.
- Boeing organizes and invests in ACP executive management training for Chinese maintenance, engineering, flight operations and regulatory personnel
- Boeing is a key contributor to the energy conservation seminars, flight standards programs, management and many other training programs
Technology / University Relations
- Technology acquisition
- University, technical institute and association relations and exchanges
- Alteon Training, a subsidiary of the Boeing Company, inaugurated a Maintenance Training Center in Tianjin in December 2005. Located on the campus of the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC), the training center delivers maintenance training to university students, airlines and MR&O employees. Mil-com Aerospace Pte, Ltd., Alteon's Singapore-based partner, manages the center, bringing not only Alteon courses, but its own technical courses was well as Jeppesen Flight Operations Management programs to support China's growing aviation training requirements.
- Students at CAUC in Tianjin have access to MyBoeingFleet.com
- Civil Aviation Flying University of China (CAFUC), Guanghan, has two B-737 simulators donated by Boeing; instructor-pilot training and curricula provided by Boeing. Every year, Boeing provides professional mentoring evaluation, a senior management development course, a safety and accident investigation course, curricula evaluation, and customized support and has helped CAFUC become a key pilot training center for Chinese airlines.
Boeing Communications / Space
- Maintains relationships with China under guidelines established by U.S. export control
4. Support to the Civil Aviation
China faces several unique challenges in developing its infrastructure to assure an acceptable level of operational safety, efficiency & capacity which will permit continued growth of the Chinese air transportation system. Since 1993, Boeing and CAAC have worked together on a series of initiatives supporting the development of China's aviation infrastructure while improving safety, reliability, efficiency and increasing capacity, profitability and management skills. Boeing and CAAC work together for safe and efficient global air transportation.
Required Navigation Performance (RNP)
- Required Navigation Performance (RNP) is the cornerstone of Performance-Based Airspace Operation. By integrating airplane system performance and onboard computing capability with flight procedure design and airline flight operations, RNP operation results in reliable, repeatable and predictable flight paths with unprecedented accuracy and integrity without dependence on the ground-based navigation aids
- Boeing is a pioneer in RNP/RNAV and teamed with CAAC and Air China in 2004 to showcase a successful RNP demonstration at Lhasa Gongga airport with three world firsts: first B-757 RNP flight, first RNP flight at airport with elevation over 11,000 feet; and first RNP flight in Asia
- RNP operational implementation provides China an opportunity to leapfrog into a 21st century airspace system with: 1) enhanced safety, 2) improved airspace/airport accessibility and system capacity, 3) increased airline operational efficiency through improved schedule accomplishment and fuel saving, and 4) reduced investment on ground-based navigation infrastructure
Operational Safety
- Boeing facilitates a close working relationship between the CAAC and FAA. The FAA has done an outstanding job of working with the CAAC in support of the development of the CAAC's regulatory capabilities.
- Boeing directly supports the CAAC's development of ICAO-compliant aviation laws for China, civil aviation regulations and related guidance material.
- Boeing directly supports the development of the ten-year safety enhancement plan for the CAAC Flight Standards Dept.
- Boeing sponsors a variety of CAAC/airline training programs targeted at the implementation of ICAO compliant regulations and guidance material.
- Boeing provides management training to China's airlines and CAAC management.
- Boeing worked with the CAAC to develop an FAA style training center for flight and maintenance inspectors. Boeing sponsored a US Trade Development Agency grant to fund the development of the initial training course, and continues to work with the CAAC and the FAA on the development of the training curriculum.
- Boeing supports and participates in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Cooperative Development of Operational and Safety Continuing Airworthiness Program, North Asia (COSCAP-NA). Boeing provides technical and financial support directed toward training maintenance and operations inspectors, expanding regulatory guidance material and supporting ATM and airport development.
- China has experienced dramatic aviation safety improvements during an unprecedented period of growth. The CAAC places great importance on exchanges and cooperation with ICAO, FAA and other aviation experts and authorities.
Air Traffic Systems (ATS)
- Since 1993, the Boeing / CAAC Joint Air Traffic Services task team has worked together to achieve significant safety and capacity improvements, extensive training and route development, improved and redesigned airspace, airport studies, simulation and modeling services. This has led directly to 1) opening new international air routes across China, 2) Beijing Capital Airport contracts to study terminal maneuvering area and ground operations, and 3) long-term planning for China's modernization and growth of airspace and airports. Boeing works with the CAAC on advanced air traffic systems to enhance China's air traffic system and economics.
Connexion by Boeing (CBB)
- Provides a satellite-based mobile information service, in flight for passengers and crew on board commercial and business jets and on maritime vessels. Includes real-time, two-way, high speed, secured internet access for passengers in flight with unlimited information and entertainment choices, live TV channels plus airline applications to improve operating efficiency
- Multiple portal languages, including Chinese
- April 2006, Air China agreed to provide CBB for service on as many as15 747-400/-400 Combi aircraft. Air China will install CBB retrofit kits on the first five aircraft in 2007, in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- CBB will partner with a Chinese telecom in late 2006 to provide ground station and billing services for commercial aircraft fitted with Connexion while flying over China.
Boeing Offices in China
- Boeing China, Inc. in Beijing includes the President, government affairs, sales, marketing, business development, commercial aviation services, supplier management, and communications
- Jeppesen in Beijing
- Alteon in Beijing and Kunming
- Hong Kong offices include sales, aviation services, business jets, Boeing Capital Corporation and corporate communications
- Field service representatives located at airlines
- Resident supplier management teams support factories throughout China
- Boeing employees in China: 170
- Employees at Boeing-related businesses: over 3,100 (BHA and TAECO).
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