Private aviation prepares for takeoff in China
Updated: 2014-08-16 08:33
By Yang Yang(China Daily)
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A man relaxes on an Airbus A319 private business jet during the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition at Shanghai Hongqiao airport in April. Photos by Mark Ralston / AFP |
These obstacles mean that, although China's transport aviation industry is booming, general aviation is underdeveloped. In the United States, the ratio of general aviation to transport aircraft is 30 to 1, which has resulted in the development of general aviation laying the foundation for transport. However, in China, the proportion is about 0.67 to 1, an inverted) pyramid that reflects the uneven development of general aviation, Wang said.
"China has been trying to develop its own large airplanes but has made little progress because of the weak base for general aviation, which was historically the impetus for building the first aircraft."
"The government must spur the development of general aviation, such as formulating specific regulations to make it easier to register and use private aircraft," she said.
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