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CHINA CIVIL AVIATION REPORT www.ChinaCivilAviation.com Volume 7, Issue 3 民 航 报 导 March 2005 Business Aviation China’s Premier Jet Charter Operator Speaks About the Market GA in China Takes a Forward Step New Baiyun Airport’s Parallel Runways Air China and Airbus’ Big Deal And More.... 民航报导是经由民航总局、国家新闻署核准,以《中国民用航空》英文版方式向全世界民航机构、企业,个人介绍中国 民航改革开放成果和现况的刊物,印刷和电子版本同步发行。免费订阅电子版本,请浏览www.ChinaCivilAviation.com 发行人:赵嘉国 联络地址:美国世兴公司 Uniworld LLC, 690 Garcia Ave., Suite A/B, Pittsburg, CA 94565, USA Tel: 925-439-3799 Fax: 925-439-3268 E-mail: [email protected] Anytime, Anywhere Contents 金鹿航空 Volume 7, issue 3 March 2005 Pg 2 News Briefs The Spark to Ignite the GA Fire a Reality Executive Flight Charter Service Civil Aviation Flight University of China Steps up Training Equipment Private Ownership of Aviation Transport Firms Now Possible Your World According to Your Schedule Capital Airport Holding Company’s New Goals Complete Cargo Station Opened at Chongqing Airport China Civil Aviation Report Low Rate of Delays Lufthansa Plane Wanders Off the Beaten Path, Literally Raytheon Enters Business Jet Arena Pg 5 Aircraft Update Air China and Airbus Sign Agreement for 20 A330-200s th The 6 ERJ145 Off the Assembly Line Chinese Firms to be Involved in A380 Production Air China Obtains 5 Bombardier Regional Jets Pg 6 Commercial Aviation Corner British Airways Increase Operation Capacity in China Shanghai Pudong Airport’s Second Runway Cleared for Operation Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport Reveals Parallel Landing Plans Cathay Pacifi c Looking to Cement HK as Global Hub Hong Kong and Mainland Team-up Okay Airways Licensed as “First Private Airline in China” Taiyuan Airport OK for Foreign Service Pg 8 Feature Article Time = Money The Ups and Downs of Business Aviation in China Pg 11 Noteworthy News China Civil Aviation Report (CCAR) is published monthly by Uniworld LLC Advertising/Subscription Director To contact CCAR or Subscribe, please in conjunction with Andrew Edlefsen contact: [email protected] or visit: China Civil Aviation, www.ChinaCivilAviation.com a magazine published by the Civil Aviation Administration of China Chief China Correspondent (CAAC). 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ContentsContents Volume 7, issue 3 March 2005 Pg 2 News Briefs The Spark to Ignite the GA Fire a Reality Civil Aviation Flight University of China Steps up Training Equipment Private Ownership of Aviation Transport Firms Now Possible Capital Airport Holding Company’s New Goals Complete Cargo Station Opened at Chongqing Airport China Civil Aviation Report Low Rate of Delays Lufthansa Plane Wanders Off the Beaten Path, Literally Raytheon Enters Business Jet Arena Pg 5 Aircraft Update Air China and Airbus Sign Agreement for 20 A330-200s th The 6 ERJ145 Off the Assembly Line Chinese Firms to be Involved in A380 Production Air China Obtains 5 Bombardier Regional Jets Pg 6 Commercial Aviation Corner British Airways Increase Operation Capacity in China Shanghai Pudong Airport’s Second Runway Cleared for Operation Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport Reveals Parallel Landing Plans Cathay Pacifi c Looking to Cement HK as Global Hub Hong Kong and Mainland Team-up Okay Airways Licensed as “First Private Airline in China” Taiyuan Airport OK for Foreign Service Pg 8 Feature Article Time = Money The Ups and Downs of Business Aviation in China Pg 11 Noteworthy News China Civil Aviation Report (CCAR) is published monthly by Uniworld LLC Advertising/Subscription Director To contact CCAR or Subscribe, please in conjunction with Andrew Edlefsen contact: [email protected] or visit: China Civil Aviation, www.ChinaCivilAviation.com a magazine published by the Civil Aviation Administration of China Chief China Correspondent (CAAC). Lili Wang US$95/Year (USA) US$120/Year (International) China Correspondent James Meng POSTMASTER: please send address changes Publisher and Corrections to: Francis Chao CCAR, c/o Uniworld LLC Layout and Graphics Design 690 Garcia Ave Ste. A/B, Pittsburg, CA 94565, USA Productions Director/Staff Writer Lin Zhang George Chao Emeng Hu (This is applicable to US residents only.) News Briefs The Spark to Ignite the GA signed a purchase contract with the Canadian will hopefully bring more options and lower Fire a Reality fi rm MECHTRONIX on January 19th to purchase travel prices to China’s travelers. a CJ-1 Full Flight Trainer and fi xed fl ight training The fi rst and only general aviation association device valued at roughly RMB160 million. Capital Airports Holding in China has been established in Shenyang. Company’s New Goals Consisting of 12 GA operators and multiple In addition to the CJ-1 and fi xed fl ight training air fields, the China Northern Agricultural device, the University is also importing an Airbus Recently, Capital Airports Holding Aviation Association was set up to promote CJ-1 flight simulator plane and 55 new civil Company revealed their game-plan for the development of general aviation in China. training planes for use. With the new equipment, the upcoming 2005 year. The CAHC This marks a significant occasion because it the Civil Aviation Flight University of China will owns Capital Airport, Tianjin Airport, offi cially signifi es general aviation programs being be able to efficiently train students according to Jiangxi Airport, Hubei Airport, Chongqing implemented and recognized by the Chinese airline requirements set forth in the Boeing and Airport, and Guangzhou Airport as well as government. Airbus series, allowing students the possibility of signifi cant shares of Shenyang Airport and the Dalian Airport. The Deputy Director of the Shenyang gaining their airline pilot license immediately after Economic Committee, Mr. Zhao Shihong, graduation. acknowledges that it is the proper time to begin developing GA in China and sees general aviation Private Aviation playing an important role in the development Transport Firms Now of Shenyang’s industries. Mr. Zhao noted that Possible Shenyang City is implementing policies to support On January 15th, China took another the growth of the GA sector and the members step towards privatizing its aviation of the China Northern Agricultural Aviation sectors by passing the “Public Aviation Association. He also added that Shenyang is Transportation Corporation Management an ideal location to start the nation’s first GA Permission Regulation”. In essence, association because it is home to three large this new regulation now allows private General Manager of the CAHC, Mr. aviation manufacturers and R&D centers. ownership of aviation transport businesses Li Peiying said that in 2005, the holding in China given that a company can fulfill group is looking to bring in an influential the CAAC requirements of: partner company or investor with plenty of managerial experience and clout to • Having a minimum of 3 aircraft purchased help focus and improve operations toward or on lease • Capital of at least 80 million RMB at the improved goals and higher revenues. time of application Currently, the CAHC has 16 member • Qualifi ed personnel (pilots, maintenance, airports and served over 59 million [The CNAAA is a much needed step towards etc.) GA in China] travelers in 2004, approximately 25.3% • A fi xed base of operation and relationships of all air travelers in China. In 2005, the Civil Aviation Flight with the local governments and airports. CAHC is aiming at a gross income of University of China Steps up Currently, 10 groups have submitted 8.8 billion RMB, net profits close to 1 Training Equipment applications for review with 4 groups billion RMB and a productivity rate of The Civil Aviation Flight University of China already approved. This new development 350,000RMB per person. 2 | CCAR | March, 2005 News Briefs Complete Cargo Station Airport has no plans of slowing down hazards. The passengers were escorted out of Opened at Chongqing its expansion progress; the airport is the plane 10 minutes later. optimistically aiming for a 250 thousand Airport The flight departed Frankfurt and arrived in ton cargo volume by 2010 and a 500 Guangzhou via Shanghai. Investigators are still On February 1st, 2005, the recently thousand ton cargo volume by 2020. looking into this incident but did say that light rains completed and most extensive cargo were present at the time of the accident. station in Southwest China was opened China Civil Aviation for operation at Chongqing Airport. The Reports Low Rate of Raytheon Enters new cargo station’s operational capabilities Delays Business Jet Arena increased Chongqing Airport’s cargo Statistics released by the CAAC show The first privately owned Raytheon handling capacity to over 300 thousand average fourth-quarter fi gures of the rate business jet in China is a Beechcraft tons per year, making it one of the top of delays among Chinese airline fl ights to Premier I. Hangzhou Daoyuan Chemical three aviation cargo centers in West China. be 16.82%, a 3.28% lower mark than the Fibre Group, a privately held company, global average of 20%. This cargo station plus the ongoing purchased the six-seat, composite- passenger terminal expansion is part Of the 9 major airlines in China, the fuselage business jet on January 20th, for of the Chongqing Airport II expansion “most punctual” operator was Sichuan company transportation throughout China program which cost the airport an Airlines, followed by Shenzhen Airlines, and the Pacific Rim. The aircraft will be estimated RMB50 million.