China to Challenge Boeing and Airbus

On this day when the new Airbus Flying Whale is to make its first landing in Los Angeles (to be covered live by the local TV media), China announces that it will building big jets too:

China plans to mount a head-on challenge to the dominance of Boeing and Airbus in the global market for big passenger jets by setting up a state-owned company to build the aircraft.

The problem with Chinese jets is that you fill them with fuel, and then an hour later you have to fill them again.