General aviation refers to the use of civil aircraft to engage in civil aviation activities other than public **** air transportation, military air transportation, including those engaged in industry, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and construction operations flights, as well as medical and health care, rescue and disaster relief, meteorological detection, marine monitoring, scientific experiments, education and training, cultural and sports flight activities, usually in the low-altitude airspace The company's business is a very important part of the company's business.
Recently, the State Council and the Central Military Commission issued the "Opinions on Deepening the Reform of China's Low Altitude Airspace Management", which makes deployment of deepening the reform of China's low altitude airspace management in order to rationalize the airspace management system, so that the management of low altitude can be guided by the rules, which can be interpreted to the state of the utilization of airspace from the pure management type to the service-oriented transformation.
Can private planes fly freely? What kind of opportunities are there for the development of general aviation?
With the increasing number of private aircraft ownership, the dream of "free flight" is becoming a reality for more people.
"Almost everyone, like me, has had a dream about 'flying'. In my dream, I waved my arms and gently flew up, flying through the window pane and into the blue sky." Jinhui Tonghang Beijing Branch General Manager He Chi, has not given up the "dream of flying", from the beginning of the hot air balloon, to glider, and then to the private jet, he has been crawling around for 17 years.
Looking at the blue sky, Hechi is looking forward to it as always. This time, his eyes have more determination and confidence.
Private planes enter the public eye
"On November 15, from Guangzhou to Wenzhou, my plane is going to fly brightly once." Zhejiang Wenzhou businessman Zhu Songbin said. In March this year, he was exposed by the media when he took to the skies in a Rotorway Exec162 helicopter without approval.
Zhu Songbin had more than a dozen airplanes at most, and at the age of 52, he described himself as a "black flight" star.
"I can't fly without permission anymore! In order to this legal flight, I in the layers of approval, for radio replacement, communication and coordination procedures have taken nearly 8 months of time." The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.
In 2007, Zhu Songbin took a fancy to an airplane at the Wenzhou Aircraft Exhibition. He is keen on cross-country, motorboats and other speed projects, immediately decided to buy this aircraft. Soon after, Zhu Songbin through the agent to the civil aviation planning department to apply for purchase, to the civil aviation airworthiness department to apply for airworthiness permit, radio license, nationality registration certificate (these three documents is an aircraft legal identity, referred to as "three certificates"). Next, Zhu Songbin spent 200,000 yuan in Guangzhou, a general aviation flight training school to obtain a flight license. 2008, he got a private flight license, is said to be the first person in Zhejiang to get a private flight license.
In recent years, the news about private planes has entered the public eye from time to time.
The latest policy
The Opinions on Deepening the Reform of China's Low Altitude Airspace Management pointed out that the overall goal of the reform is to establish a scientific theoretical system, a system of regulations and standards, a system of operation and management systems and a system of services and guarantees in the field of low altitude airspace management, and to gradually form a complete set of organizational models, institutional arrangements, and institutional arrangements which have Chinese characteristics and are in line with the laws and regulations of low altitude airspace management.
It's easy to buy a plane and it's hard to fly it
Getting a private flight license doesn't mean you can fly freely from now on. In addition to the pilot's license, aircraft airworthiness permit, private owners must also report to the air traffic control department in advance of the flight plan, "a flight a report", the approval of the longer time. In addition, the number of airports supporting the landing and takeoff of private aircraft is also very limited.
According to reports, private aircraft on the sky must meet three conditions: access to the Civil Aviation Administration issued by the aircraft airworthiness permit, access to the relevant departments issued by the flight license, to the air traffic control department to apply for permission to fly airspace and flight plans.
"Now is the time when many people can afford to buy a private airplane, but can not afford to fly. Expenses such as repair and maintenance fees add up and after a few years, the price of an airplane has been spent." A businessman said he consulted before, the price of private jets can be accepted, but the additional costs year after year still make him a little overwhelmed, it is too "burn money".
"The real difficulty is in the flight license. In short, it is 'three feet from the ground to be approved'." He said. He Chi said, "private aircraft industry to big development, it is necessary to realize the reform of low altitude airspace management, the first is the classification of low altitude airspace delimitation problem."
Due to the difficulty of applying for flight permits, airport takeoffs and landings, many private jet owners have handed their planes over to airlines for hosting.
The latest policy
The Opinions on Deepening the Reform of China's Low Altitude Airspace Management pointed out that the deepening of the reform is mainly to accomplish the following tasks, according to the three categories of airspace control, monitoring and reporting of the delineation of low altitude airspace, distinguish between different modes of implementation of the classification of the management of the pilot; and gradually build a system of laws and regulations and standards of the management of low altitude airspace with Chinese characteristics, to provide legal support for the reform; and to improve the innovative service mode, improve the operation, management and service efficiency. The government is also working to improve and innovate the service model to enhance the efficiency of operation, management and service.
General aviation is expected to develop faster
Because of the fear of "buying a plane and not being able to fly", Xing Jizhu, chairman of Beijing Ruibao Saibo Technology Co.
"On the deepening of China's low altitude airspace management reform of the opinion" issued, there is no doubt that the development of general aviation is facing opportunities. "With the deepening of the reform, private airplanes will also fly more freely." Xing Jizhu said.
Experts also said that the future of the low altitude airspace management reform gradually, not only the number of private aircraft will increase, medical, police, disaster relief helicopters faster development will become a reality. Other aspects of the traction will also increase, such as aircraft manufacturing, maintenance, navigation equipment manufacturing, aviation training and agricultural high-altitude operations, commercial aircraft oil exploration will be gradually activated.
It should be seen that the low altitude airspace management reform as a boost to the development of general aviation, an important focus point, will bring a wide world of general aviation, but not all the "bottlenecks" have been resolved.
Among them, the safety issue needs special attention. Due to unclear security responsibilities, safety regulations are not sound, part of the private flight enthusiasts and general aviation flight unit safety awareness, legal awareness is relatively weak, violation of the provisions of the unauthorized flights occur from time to time, such as not to regulate, will seriously disrupt the flight order.
How to ensure flight safety? The first step is to make sure that you have the right tools for the job, and that you have the right tools for the job. These can not be solved overnight, and need to be summarized in the pilot perfect.
The latest policy
The opinions on deepening the reform of China's low altitude airspace management pointed out that the timely and orderly promotion and deepening of the reform of low altitude airspace management is conducive to the full development and utilization of the low altitude airspace resources, and to promote the development of the general aviation industry, the aviation manufacturing industry and the comprehensive transportation system.
Information 2: Xinhua Beijing, Nov. 16 (Xinhua Hu Tao Mao Haifeng Yu Li) China will open up low-altitude airspace news like a stone into the water, stirring up layers of ripples. Industry insiders expect that this move will bring hundreds of billions of dollars of market space for the upstream and downstream industries of China's general aviation. A small airplane will fly out of the big business.
In the 16th opening of the eighth Zhuhai Airshow, China's largest general aviation enterprises - CITIC Marine Helicopter Company Limited, that day, that is, with Eurocopter signed the next five years of development planning memorandum, to enhance its helicopter maintenance and other business levels. And on the 15th, that is, the first trading day after the news of the opening of airspace, the company's stock that led the rise of 6.87 percentage points.
"China's general aviation development is slow, the main reason is that the low altitude airspace is not open. The opening up of low altitude airspace signifies that China's previous lack of general aviation development due to policy conditions will change." Xu Zhanbin, deputy general manager of China Aviation Industry Corporation, said, "General aviation is a big business for small airplanes. I hope everyone will come to learn to fly airplanes and ****dance in the blue sky."
China's State Council and the Central Military Commission recently issued the Opinions on Deepening the Reform of China's Low Altitude Airspace Management, which makes a deployment of deepening the reform of low altitude airspace management and, for the first time, lays out a timetable for the opening of China's low altitude airspace.
The opinion points out that the opening of China's low-altitude airspace will gradually promote the reform in accordance with three phases: pilot, promotion and deepening of the reform, i.e., pilot reforms in localized areas before 2011, promotion of pilot projects across the country from 2011 to the end of 2015, and further deepening of the reform from 2016 to 2020.
Some industry insiders interpret the management reform of low-altitude airspace as a "release" of China's private airplanes, a move that will stimulate and promote the development of the general aviation industry.
"I've been looking forward to this day for a long time, and no one wants to risk their lives by sneaking around and flying illegally." Mr. Gan, a Zhejiang-based clothing businessman, bought a helicopter back in 2008, but it was troublesome and time-consuming to apply for flight airspace and flight plans from air traffic control before each flight. As a result, he and some of his friends had to find a place in the middle of nowhere to practice and sneak around.
It is estimated that there are about 300,000 potential consumers of private jets in China.
People who buy private jets want to be able to fly them wherever they want, without having to wait for flights and go through all kinds of complicated procedures. However, in addition to the pilot's license and aircraft airworthiness permit, the private owner must also report the flight plan to China's air traffic control department in advance, "one flight, one report", the approval time is long.
Li He, senior aircraft sales manager at Avion Pacific Limited, said: "Since the news of the opening of low-altitude airspace in October, there has been a significant increase in the number of people who have come to consult and buy aircraft. As of early November, the company sold 10 airplanes in mainland China, double that of last year."
"After the policy of opening up low-altitude airspace is introduced, more people will come to pay attention to the development of general-purpose airplanes, especially local governments and entrepreneurs will layout in advance to invest in this field. Entrepreneurs can fully refer to the national timetable for the opening of low-altitude airspace to arrange investment." Li Chen, chairman of Jinggong (Beijing) General Aviation Company, said.
At the Zhuhai Airshow, China's general aviation companies are ready to go. Shandong Weifang Tianxiang Aviation Science and Technology Company Chairman Cheng body brown said: "My company is the production of helicopters. The country's opening up of airspace is particularly encouraging to me, the original company's annual production capacity of only 30, I have been prepared to raise to 80 from next year."
Insiders also pointed out that after the opening of low-altitude airspace, China's small aircraft in addition to meet the needs of the rich and powerful personal leisure, the market demand in the field of business purposes is also very large. Some large companies can buy small business aircraft, meetings and work will be much more efficient.
Xu Zhanbin said, as the main force of China's general aviation industry, China Aviation Industry Corporation will be integrated on the one hand, Harbin, Nanchang, Shijiazhuang and other places in the future of general aviation forces, on the other hand, will accelerate the introduction of advanced models in Zhuhai, Western countries for development. At present, the company is discussing with the United States the introduction of some 5 to 6 seats of the advanced models of general aviation aircraft, it is expected that the transaction will be completed in the first half of next year.
General aviation refers to aviation activities other than military, police, customs anti-smuggling flights and public **** air transportation flights, usually flying in the low-altitude airspace below 2,000 meters from the ground. Data show that in 2008, China's private aircraft sales of only 8, sold 15 last year, this year is expected to sell more than 20.
"On deepening the reform of China's low altitude airspace management" clearly put forward, through 5 to 10 years of comprehensive construction and deepening the reform, in the field of low altitude airspace management to establish a scientific theoretical system, the system of regulations and standards, the operation of the management system and the service guarantee system, the full development and effective use of low altitude airspace resources.
"The introduction of the opinion for the domestic general aviation industry has taken an important first step, infrastructure construction, aircraft manufacturing, personnel training, operation and subsequent aircraft maintenance and other related industry chain will benefit from." China's "private aircraft first person" said Deng Bin, chairman of the Yunnan Xingyao Hi-Tech Company, the company will spend 200 million to 300 million yuan to build China's largest general aviation operations base, is expected to be completed in the second half of next year.
"The opening of low-altitude airspace has made the Chinese dream of flying much more tangible. Every link in the industry chain such as infrastructure development, aircraft construction, pilot training, operation and maintenance will benefit from it," Deng Bin said.