Low-altitude airspace ban set to be relaxed
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August 24, 2012, Friday
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CHINA will relax the ban on the use of low-altitude airspace across the country starting in 2013, national air traffic authorities said yesterday.
A series of reforms will be implemented in five to 10 years, creating an independent airspace market under some government guidance, said Zhu Shicai, an official with the state air traffic control commission.
Zhu made the remarks at the two-day 2012 China Low-altitude Economy Summit, which began yesterday in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province.
"The new policy suggests that the biggest obstacle facing the opening up of China's low-altitude airspace has been cleared," Zhu said.
China has launched pilot projects in its northeastern, southern and central regions, as well as seven pilot cities, to open airspace below 1,000 meters to general aviation flights.
The seven pilot cities are Tangshan, Xi'an, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Kunming and Chongqing.
New regulations on airspace planning and operation as well as applications for general aviation flights will be issued this year, simplifying the use of low-altitude airspace, Zhu said.
Further opening up of the airspace is expected to promote the general aviation industry, including the purchase and use of private planes.
China's low-altitude airspace is controlled by the Air Force and the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Private flights currently need to go through time-consuming and complicated procedures to fly in low-altitude airspace.
A series of reforms will be implemented in five to 10 years, creating an independent airspace market under some government guidance, said Zhu Shicai, an official with the state air traffic control commission.
Zhu made the remarks at the two-day 2012 China Low-altitude Economy Summit, which began yesterday in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province.
"The new policy suggests that the biggest obstacle facing the opening up of China's low-altitude airspace has been cleared," Zhu said.
China has launched pilot projects in its northeastern, southern and central regions, as well as seven pilot cities, to open airspace below 1,000 meters to general aviation flights.
The seven pilot cities are Tangshan, Xi'an, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Kunming and Chongqing.
New regulations on airspace planning and operation as well as applications for general aviation flights will be issued this year, simplifying the use of low-altitude airspace, Zhu said.
Further opening up of the airspace is expected to promote the general aviation industry, including the purchase and use of private planes.
China's low-altitude airspace is controlled by the Air Force and the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Private flights currently need to go through time-consuming and complicated procedures to fly in low-altitude airspace.
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