CHINA DAILY Wednesday, February 20, 2019 | 15 BUSINESS Civil aviation sector embracing digital era Digitalization improving operational efficiency, upgrading services and reshaping industry development models By HU TAO concerns are affecting the aviation ated by it and carry out predictive
[email protected] industry worldwide. Digitalization maintenance, “it’s a safer and more is seen as key to improving opera profitable operation”, Yu said. China’s civil aviation industry is tional efficiency, upgrading services, In fact, technicians can monitor accelerating its advance into the and reshaping development mod and assess the health of an airplane digital era. els, Yu said. while it is in the air by analyzing Already this year, China Southern “It is widely recognized that realtime data and selecting the Airlines has started online seat digitalization is a new value appropriate time to carry out main selection services for all domestic growth point. Alongside dramatic tenance, repairs or replacement of flights, as well as paperless eboard growth in China’s civil aviation parts. ing passes. As well as offering more sector, the authorities, domestic In November 2018, the Commer convenience for passengers, the aviation manufacturers and tech cial Aircraft Corp of China and move is also a response to environ nological giants are all eyeing dig ecommerce giant Alibaba Group mentally friendly travel initiatives. italization,” said Xu Jun, vice jointly launched the Wang Jian In the first week after the services president of AsiaPacific original Large Aircraft Workshop, an initia were offered, about 75 percent of equipment manufacturers at tive to explore the use of intelligent passengers on its domestic routes Honeywell Aerospace.