Analysis: Chinese airlines primed to take advantage of border opening
JAMIE FREED and SOPHIE YU CHINESE airlines will be the early winners of the country's international reopening, analysts say, having kept most widebody planes and staff ready while foreign carriers struggle with capacity constraints after previous border openings. Less than one-fifth of China's widebody fleet of about 500 planes is in storage, according to a McKinsey analysis using Cirium data, with most planes active but flying fewer hours than usual on domestic routes and limited international and cargo flights. Reuters Graphics Chinese airlines also retained most pilots and cabin crew during the pandemic, and airports kept about 90% of their…
