Zhuhai Airshow thrills visitors with aerial stunts, high-end equipment

The 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, which opened in Zhuhai City of south China's Guangdong Province on Tuesday, is staging spectacular aerospace performances and showcasing various latest and high-end military equipment to global visitors.

The highly-anticipated biennial aerospace trade show, also known as the Zhuhai Airshow, has attracted 1,022 companies from 47 countries and regions, including Russia, France, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Italy.

The event will run until Sunday, and a four-hour flight demonstration, including performances of aerobatic teams and military jets, will be staged everyday. Among them, China's J-35A, J-20, and Russia's Su-57 stealth fighters will be on the same stage for the first time, according to organizers.

During the field adaptation training conducted on Monday, the Bayi Aerobatic Team and the Hongying Aerobatic Team under the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force showcased maneuvers such as six-plane diamond formation dive and two-plane high-speed crossing.

At the outdoor and indoor exhibition areas of this year's airshow, China's army, navy and air force equipment are displayed in an integrated manner, including the debut of the J-15D carrier-based fighter, the debut of the HQ-19 surface-to-air missile weapon system, and the new reconnaissance and strike drone.

At the same time, a number of star exhibits, including the first lunar soil samples brought back from the far side of the moon, the scaled model of China's Haoloong space cargo shuttle, as well as China's large unmanned combat vessel, JARI-USV-A, also known as "Orca," are making their debut at the air show.

Zhuhai Airshow thrills visitors with aerial stunts, high-end equipment

Zhuhai Airshow thrills visitors with aerial stunts, high-end equipment

Zhuhai Airshow thrills visitors with aerial stunts, high-end equipment

Zhuhai Airshow thrills visitors with aerial stunts, high-end equipment

Zhuhai Airshow thrills visitors with aerial stunts, high-end equipment

Egypt's Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy announced late Saturday price hikes for commercial and residential electricity consumption effective this April, citing the global energy crisis triggered by the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.

In a statement, the ministry said that the current "acute and unprecedented global crisis" across all energy resources, caused by the ongoing war in the Gulf region, has necessitated price increases for certain commercial and residential consumption tiers starting this month.

According to the statement, commercial consumption prices across various brackets will rise by an average of approximately 20 percent.

For residential consumption, prices for tiers consuming 2,000 kWh per month and above have been raised by an average of 16 percent, while rates for all tiers below the 2,000 kWh threshold will remain unchanged.

The ministry added that around 40 percent of subscribers fall within the lowest residential consumption categories, and most of them are exempt from the price increases.

Austerity measures announced by the government in late March included activating remote work systems, slowing the implementation of fuel-intensive mega-projects, and cutting fuel allocations for all government vehicles by 30 percent.

Additional measures included cutting business hours for shops, restaurants, cafes and malls as well as reducing street lighting and billboard illumination by one-third.

Egypt raises electricity prices amid global energy crisis