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China’s North to South airspace starts services
Published: May 19, 2022 10:18 PM
 Aerial photo of the Phoenix-shaped terminal of Daxing Airport in southern Beijing. Photo: Courtesy of Tao Ran

Aerial photo of the Phoenix-shaped terminal of Daxing Airport in southern Beijing. Photo: Courtesy of Tao Ran


 
China’s airspace from North to South, with a length of more than 2,000 kilometers, started services on Thursday.

The corridor is expected to increase the airspace capacity by nearly 40 percent for flights in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the regions along the route, according to a report by caacnews.com.cn.

The corridor covers seven provinces and two municipalities, as well as Hong Kong and Macao, affecting 145 airports and accounting for 57.1 percent of the total number of national airports.

It has taken eight years from the design in 2014 to the final implementation.

The report said the southern section of the corridor will add 19 new routes, with 2,313 kilometers of route mileage, and will adjust the direction of about 5,000 routes.

After the implementation, the flight flow of the main congested route points along the Beijing-Guangzhou route can be reduced to 67.1 percent of the current level, which will greatly alleviate congestion.