Airspace opening up

A pilot project to relax airspace restrictions around a Shaanxi province industrial park could be a welcome boost to the further development of China's aviation industry.

The move relaxes military control of the low altitude airspace around the Pucheng general aviation industrial park, opening it up for a wider range of flights.

"It means general aviation flights within the designated area no longer need to apply to the Air Force for permission," said Jin Qiansheng, director of the managing committee of Xi'an Yanliang National Aviation Hi-Tech Industrial Base.