China Eastern CE calls for air space management legislation

China Eastern Airlines CE Ma Xulun will call on Beijing to formulate legislation for China’s air space management to meet the country’s fast-growing market demands when he attends the annual National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference this week. According to Ma’s proposal, China has lacked basic air space management legislation for a long time and the current model—which is mainly dominated by the military and characterised by solid usage and static management—has seriously restricted the development of China’s air transport industry. In addition, he said China’s air transport growth potential has reached “the ceiling” of air service supportability. Ma also said the govt organisations responsible for air space management in China are currently under-regulated. <br/>