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| Visitors check out the cabin of a business jet at the 2015 Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition, which opened at Shanghai's Hongqiao International Airport Monday. [Shanghai Daily] |
The Chinese civil aviation regulator has
launched a trial operation for low-altitude airspace below 1,000 meters
in three cities in China to meet the rising demand for general
aviation, a senior official told an airshow in Shanghai yesterday.
Wang Zhiqing, deputy director with the
Civil Aviation Administration of China, disclosed yesterday that the
low-altitude airspace which is controlled by the military in the country
has been opened in Shenyang in Liaoning Province and another two cities
in southeast and west China to develop the nation's general aviation
industry.
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| The cockpit of a business plane is seen. [Shanghai Daily] |
"China so far has 211 business and
private jets operated by some 24 companies, or a 19 percent increase on
year," Wang told the opening ceremony of the 2015 Asian Business
Aviation Conference & Exhibition at the Hongqiao airport. The event
will end tomorrow.
One of the overseas participants, Satcom
Direct, the US largest business jet satellite communication service
provider, said it would provide onboard Wi-Fi and telecommunication
services to business jet operators on the Chinese mainland.
"Although the business aviation market
on the mainland has seen a slowdown in 2014, it is expected to rebound
in 2016," said Adrian Yip, marketing director with Satcom Direct China.
Yip said more mainland business jet
owners and customers are requiring Wi-Fi services in the air for video
conferences and other business uses.
France's Dassault Falcon yesterday
signed an agreement with Deer Air Co, China's biggest business jet
operator, to establish a maintenance center in Beijing.
Source: Shanghai Daily
