China mulls plans to reform airspace management

BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Chinese regulators will submit proposals to reform management of the country’s airspace by the end of this month in a bid to ease flight delays and boost aviation growth, one of the country’s top air traffic control officials said.

Cai Jun, deputy director of the Air Traffic Control Commission, said yesterday at a forum in Beijing that the plan aims to eventually integrate civil and military management of China’s airspace and improve the country’s flight route network.