de facto (#55)
I am a passenger , not a pilot, but have a son flying out of HK.
a month ago we were making our first trip to China mainland and I contacted a friend in Hamburg who has a brother working for Airbus, to ask about the type, age etc. of planes we might encounter on the internal flights.
In short he told me that Airbus alone sell 19 -20 aircraft per month to Reginal airlines in China and I would at least not have to worry about the airframe being old.
Our experience was a wonderful surprise with 4 flights on 4 different airlines - 3 Airbus single aisle and one 737 - all brand new with Chinese flight deck and cabin crew. Very polite and proud of their jobs.
Landings were some of the smoothest I have ever had. - some in poor visibility.
Airports were new with lots of construction going on and all flights left on time.
Thanks de facto for a bit of positive insight from the flight deck side.