CAAC Plans To Relinquish Domestic Routes Approval
November 7, 2007 |
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The Civil Aviation Administration of China said that airlines would not need to apply for CAAC's approval for opening new routes by 2010.
Airline companies instead would just need to file reports with the CAAC for putting on records about their new routes by that time.
Yang Yuanyuan, director general of CAAC, told local media that CAAC is reducing gradually the numbers of cities which need to be approved for opening new routes, and currently the cities have been narrowed to ten from the original 20,.
Since last October, CAAC has permitted domestic airlines to set up bases in Wuhan to operate routes between Wuhan and all the other cities. Those airlines just need to record their flights in an official registry, rather than seeking full approval as they would have had to do so in the past. Wuhan became the first open experimental location in the domestic aviation field.
Wang Changshun, vice director general of CAAC, disclosed that China will build 186 airports by 2010. Meanwhile about 700 airports will be expanded and renovated.




































