Two killed in Shanghai crane collapse [Xinhua] "Two operators were killed when a tower crane collapsed on Tuesday at a power plant in Shanghai, local work safety officials said. "China Eastern-Shanghai Air deal gets govt nod: report [Reuters] "A proposed merger between China Eastern Airlines and its smaller rival Shanghai Airlines has been approved in principle by the Shanghai government, China Business News reported on Tuesday."China jails Tibetan monks convicted in bomb blast [AP] "Eight......

Beginning Oct 29, Shanghai Airlines will fly passengers to Mumbai (or Bombay), possibly the most exotic destination in its network yet. As far as we understand, the only other way to get to Mumbai previously is with Indian carrier Jet Airways which takes passengers from India via Shanghai to San Francisco. Xinhua offers details of the Shanghai-Mumbai schedule:The airline will fly Boeing 767s on flight FM847, leaving Shanghai Pudong airport at 4:30 p.m. every Wednesday......

China Eastern, Shanghai Airlines say not in merger talks [AFP] "China Eastern Airlines and smaller rival Shanghai Airlines said Wednesday they were not in talks on a possible merger, responding to reports that the two might join forces."China inflation drops as trade surplus hits record high [AFP] "The figures have pushed the case for Beijing to boost growth, economists said, following months of efforts by policymakers to slow down the world's fourth largest economy and......

Fasten your seat belts, this is not a test. Guangzhou Daily brings us this news today that on July 4th, Shanghai Airlines flight FM9105 encountered serious turbulence leaving twenty passengers injured on their flight from Shanghai to Beijing. According to one of the passengers, a Mr. Ma, the plane took off from Shanghai at 3:30 pm and was set to arrive in Beijing at 5:45 pm. "At around 5:20 pm, the plane suddenly lurched," reported......

After a successful month running at reduced capacity, the new Terminal 2 at Pudong Airport took another 18 airlines under its wing today. Whilst you should double check when you get to the airport (the airline who sold you the ticket may not be the one running the plane), the full list of airlines now operating from Pudong reads as follows:AeroflotAerosvit (Ukraine)Air CanadaAir China Air IndiaAir MacauAir New ZealandAlitaliaANA NipponAsiana (RoK)British AirwaysCathay PacificCebu PacificDragon AirEVA......

Air transport AFP: Air China, Shanghai Airlines join Star Alliance XFN: China Eastern says partnership with Singapore Airlines, Temasek 'only option' AFP: Singapore Airlines says won't raise China Eastern bid Finance Reuters: U.S. says China recognises need for stronger yuan NYT: Little Headway With China on Finance FT: Beijing lectures US on effect of weak dollar Drugs, drugs and drugs AP: China Shuts Down Leukemia Drug Maker Xinhua: China issues new drug recall method......

Okay, Shanghaiist has got several hundred blogs on his RSS that he scans through everyday. Some things scream at us, others are quickly forgotten and yet others are hidden in some corner of our brain for (mostly useless) information ready to be used at some future point in time. There are all these bloggers that you've never met personally that you can form an impression of only after a long period of reading their blogs.......

Woohoo! It looks like a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is coming our way soon that will cut travelling time from 13 hours to under five hours! Shanghaiist can't wait! This will undoubtedly give those darned Beijing-Shanghai "air express services" a run for their money! In other travel news, ANA will commence a code-sharing agreement with Shanghai Airlines and Air China on flights operated by ANA and Shanghai Airlines between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Shanghai's Hongqiao......

Not content with making cars and computers for the world, China is now on to its next big thing -- aircraft. The long-awaited ARJ-21 (pictured here) is China's very first homegrown commercial aircraft and has been launched amid much fanfare by the aircraft maker AVIC I. Now only a name is lacking, and if you can come up with a creative Chinese name of between two and four Chinese characters before September 28, RMB50,000 will......

Shanghaiist is somewhat of a frequent flyer to Beijing, and because he isn't employed by some big multinational but rather runs his own little business, he can only afford to put himself on cattle class and often has to scour the internet for the cheapest available deals. We especially love this nifty little function on eLong.com which shows you the cheapest available flight within a week of your selected departure date. That has worked to......

Five Chinese carriers have committed to buying 57 of the new fuel-efficient, long-haul Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and three Chinese companies are producing parts and components for the new plane. Air China and China Eastern Airlines have each ordered 15 of the new planes. China Southern Airlines has ordered 10, Shanghai Airlines nine and Hainan Airlines eight. Boeing has won 677 orders for the Dreamliner, which means it will be sold out all the way......

Airplane manufacturer Boeing's headquarters in Everett, Washington was Hu Jintao's first stop in America because of the lucrative deal that China planned to sign. China has been a boon to Boeing, says the New York Times: Boeing is the largest supplier of planes to China and wants to sell even more. Currently, more than 60 percent of the commercial plans operating in China — a total of 542 — are Boeing planes. In the two......

For the past six months, Shanghai Airlines has been forced to look outside Chinese borders in order to get its freight airplanes off the ground on time--that's right, laowai are stepping into a cockpit near you. Eight foreigners from the US, Norway, Venezuela and the Philippines now fly the friendly skies for our city's favorite airline, a sign that a nation-wide shortage of Chinese pilots has finally come home to roost. CRIEnglish.com offers this explanation:In......