Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 7 (Reporter Ye Haoming) The reporter learned from the Central Air Control Office on the 7th that in order to ensure the high-quality development of general aviation and low-altitude economy, the Central Air Control Commission issued special measures, focusing on improving the low-altitude management system, optimizing the allocation of air space resources, improving the quality and efficiency of operation services, consolidating basic support capabilities, and strengthening air control and air control in accordance with the law, etc., to deploy and strengthen low-altitude air control work to the national air control system.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Central Air Control Office, there are currently more than 2.2 million unmanned aircraft registered in real-name nationwide and more than 3,200 general aircraft; in 2024, the air control system will ensure that unmanned aircraft will fly more than 340 million times and more than 26 million hours, and more than 1.2 million hours of general aviation will fly more than 1.2 million hours. The operating trend is at a historical high and will show a continuous and rapid growth momentum in the future.
The person in charge said that at present, the Central Air Control Office is working with relevant departments to accelerate the construction of an integrated low-altitude air control system, clarify the division of responsibilities such as construction management, service guarantee, and safety supervision; establish a more flexible and efficient airspace management model, effectively release airspace resources, and achieve high-level dynamic balance between airspace supply and demand; gradually improve the low-altitude air control infrastructure to achieve wide-area coverage and full-time guarantee of service guarantee networks; continuously improve the low-altitude safety supervision system, and significantly improve the level of safety guarantee; build a system of rules and regulations that adapt to the new scenarios of traditional general aviation and low-altitude economy, so that the majority of low-altitude users can easily carry out diversified low-altitude flight activities in accordance with the law.
