China News Service, Changchun, October 16 (Reporter Guo Jia) The "China General Aviation Development Report 2019-2020" released in Changchun on the 16th shows that China General Aviation is in a steady development stage and all major data are continuously increasing.
On the same day, the Second China (Changchun) General Aviation Development Conference and UAV Industry Development Summit Forum opened, and the General Aviation Branch of the China Air Transport Association released this report.
The report shows that China's general aviation flight volume continues to grow.
In 2019, General Aviation of China completed 1.065 million flight operations, an increase of 13.8% over the previous year; the total number of UAV flight operations in China reached 1.25 million hours.
The report shows that in 2019, China has 3,640 registered general aircrafts, an increase of 7.69% over the previous year; the total number of industry pilots is 3,599, an increase of 10.7% over the previous year; China has registered 392,000 UAVs.
The number of general aviation companies in China has been one of the indicators of rapid growth in recent years, with double-digit growth in the past three years.
The report shows that in 2019, there were 478 general aviation companies in China, an increase of 13.3% over the previous year; in 2019, there were 7,149 UAV companies in China, and as of August this year, this number has refreshed to 9,394.
According to the report, in 2019, China has 246 registered general airports, and the number of registered general airports exceeds that of transportation airports for the first time.
In the first half of this year, 50 registered general airports were added.
The report pointed out that as of May 18 this year, Chinese general aviation companies have performed 378 epidemic prevention and control missions, flying a total of 2,362.41 hours, 7,189 sorties, and transporting more than 90 tons of various drugs and materials.
General aviation has demonstrated its unique value in carrying out medical personnel and material transportation tasks in the form of "small batches, multiple batches, high frequency, point-to-point".
Liu Daxiang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that China’s construction of a powerful transportation country has ushered in a historic development opportunity for general aviation. After the automobile industry, the general aviation industry will be another important engine for China’s high-quality economic growth. One of the most concerned industries for recycling.
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