China amends aviation code to allow more flights
The airspace between the altitudes of 8,400 and 12,500 metres, frequently used by civilian flights, used to be divided into seven vertical bands, each 600 metres high. Under the amended code, the number increases to 13, each 300 metre high.
Since only one aircraft could fly in each band, more sections allowed more aircraft to fly at the same time, which would increase the efficiency of air traffic and ease flight delays, the Air Traffic Control Commission was quoted saying by Xinhua news agency.
“It is also one of our efforts to come into line with international practice,” the commission said in a press release.
Chinese airlines have frequently been cited for delays, especially in busy terminals like Beijing and Shanghai, Xinhua said.
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