CAAC held Seminar on Advance Flight Plan for Airlines from Foreign Companies, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in Kunming, Yunnan Province, from August 16 to 17. Over 280 representatives from CAAC Operation Monitoring Center, CAAC regional administrations, IATA, and 155 airlines from foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan attended the seminar.

At the seminar, CAAC Operation Monitoring Center introduced specifications on applications for slots and routes of scheduled landing flights and applications for advance flight plans of scheduled fly-over flights and unscheduled landing flights, demonstrated the on-line application platform of advance flight plan which was developed targeting the above-mentioned different businesses, explained the work procedures of diversions in particular circumstances such as typhoons, and analyzed some typical cases; in addition, the center also publicized the regulation on flight regularity assessment for airlines from foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan which came into effect on July 1 of this year.

A relevant person in charge from CAAC North China Regional Administration introduced flight slot management at Beijing Capital International Airport and Tianjin Airport, and the policy on slot allocation at Beijing Airport.

Zhang Chunzhi, Party Secretary of CAAC Operation Monitoring Center, stressed that the advance flight plan is the prerequisite of normal flight operations. It is necessary to formulate and optimize the advance flight plan while considering the overall situation, improve efficiency of the aviation transport network, and meet CAAC's requirement of sincere service. He proposed specific requirements in three aspects: first, being target-oriented, and seizing the good opportunity for development; second, being process-oriented and trying to improve the overall flight operation quality; third, being problem-oriented, and doing a good job in routine flight planning.