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The civil aviation transport industry of China is reported to resume rapid growth by adding 7,646 new civil passenger aircraft over the next 20 years. Further, the total number of aircraft in China is likely to reach 5,343 by 2025. Furthermore, as per reports, China will be requiring 640 cargo aircraft in the next 20 years, while the civil helicopters are likely to exceed 10,000 by 2040.

According to a corporate statement released on October 11, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has issued a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for the establishment of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's new airline "Akasa Air". By the summer of 2022, the new airline hopes to be operational. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and Vinay Dube, the former CEO of Jet Airways, have financed Akasa Air. In the next four years, the airline intends to operate over 70 planes.

Algerian Airspace has reportedly been blocked by the Algerian government for all Moroccan flights due to rising tensions between the two. The Algerian Presidency called it a civilised way of avoiding more casualties and confirmed the ban on September 22. He cited "continued provocations and hostile practices by Morocco" as the reason. Morocco has not yet commented. Flights to be diverted via Tunis for Algerian to Morocco. 

An 18-year-old teenager named Jaden Lake-Kameroff attempted to crash a commercial aircraft. Reportedly, the boy got up from his seat and took control over the yoke causing it to nosedive. He has been arrested under the charges of terrorist threatening in the second degree, five counts of attempted assault in the first degree, and four counts of assault in the third degree. Besides, the plane carried six other people.

Taiwan reported yet another Chinese warplane entering the Taiwanese Southeast Air Defense Identification Zone (AIDZ) on April 4. Taiwan Defense Ministry stated the aircraft entered the airspace between Taiwan and Dongsha Island in the South China Sea controlled by Taiwan. The ministry added they issued warnings and mobilized air defence assets until the aircraft left the AIDZ. Previously, on March 26, another incursion of 20 Chinese aircraft … read-more