On January 16, 2018, the Civil Aviation Administration issued the "Guidelines for Evaluating the Use of Onboard Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines"), which allows passengers to use cell phones and other portable electronic devices when traveling on airplanes.17 On January 17, China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Airlines issued an announcement that passengers on flights can use cell phones, tablets (Pad), laptops, e-readers and other portable electronic devices (PEDs).
Following China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Jiuyuan Airlines in, Spring Airlines, Xiangpeng Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines and other seven airlines have announced that passengers taking flights can use cell phones and other portable electronic devices (PEDs).
Expanded information:
The use of portable electronic devices (PEDs) on airplanes is prohibited in the following special cases:
In the following special cases, except for EFBs that have been recognized as necessary to ensure flight safety In addition to the EFB (Electronic Flight Bag), which is recognized as necessary for flight safety, the use of PEDs should be prohibited in the following special circumstances:
On the one hand, the use of PEDs should be prohibited in the phase of low visibility flights (Class II and III approaches and landings, and takeoffs in low visibility); and on the other hand, the aircraft is suspected of having been interfered with by the PEDs.
The guidelines state that all PEDs on board (with the exception of medical electronic devices such as pacemakers and portable oxygen concentrators) must be disabled when there is interference with on-board navigation and communication equipment, or when the flight crew is instructed to do so in an emergency.
The Guide emphasizes that during the flight, when the captain finds that there is electronic interference and suspects that the interference comes from the portable electronic devices used by the crew on board, the captain and the captain's authorized personnel should be asked to turn off these portable electronic devices; if the situation is serious, it should be handed over to the ground public security organs after the aircraft has landed, and reported to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) after the incident.
Reference: People's Daily Online - cell phones are now allowed on planes, but you still need to pay attention to these things