China to fly 270 mn passengers
Also by 2010, the number of airports catering to civil aviation will jump to about 190, according to the five-year plan for the Chinese civil aviation industry.
By PTI |
BEIJING: By 2010, some 270 million Chinese will travel by air and the country will have a fleet of more than 1,500 aeroplanes, a top civil aviation industry official has forecast.
Also by 2010, the number of airports catering to civil aviation will jump to about 190, according to the five-year plan for the Chinese civil aviation industry.
To meet that goal, the country is in need of 11,000 pilots by 2010 and another 18,000 by 2015, deputy director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), Wang Changshun said.
The sector will strive for an accident rate lower than 0.3 per million flight hours between 2006 and 2010, a standard comparable to that of developed nations, 'China Daily' quoted Wang as saying.
"With the rapid increase of the air transport volume and the fast expanding airplane fleets, we are facing more pressure and difficulty to ensure flight safety," he said.
The country has to overcome a series of problems such as the lack of competent human resources, inadequate airport facilities, a strain on airspace and an incomplete legal framework, Wang said.
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