Aviation experts call for quicker flight approvals

Some private airplane owners skirt regulations for lack of infrastructure

The government should further streamline the approval procedure for general aviation flights to help check rampant irregular flights, experts have suggested.

"Tight air traffic control, complicated application procedures, restricted use of low-altitude airspace and the high cost of operations have long plagued private aircraft owners," said Wang Ya'nan, deputy editor-in-chief of Aerospace Knowledge magazine.