Chinese General Aviation Introduced 73 Aircraft to Reach New Record
By Rejoice Xu, China Aviation Daily | Dec. 11, 2017
According to General Aviation Resource Net of China (GARNOC), there are 73 aircraft introduced to 37 general aviation companies in mainland China, including 27 fixed-wing airplanes, 42 autogyros and 4 hot-air balloons in November, which creates a new annual record.
Nanjing Ruoer General Aviation Development Group introduced 12 aircraft to be the Top 1, followed by Asian-Express Aviation which introduced 6 aircraft and the third ones are Qiangdao Longyun General Aviation,Sichuan Tuofeng General Aviation, Changsha Juzhou Aviation Sports Club introducing 4 aircraft respectively.
20 aircraft manufacturers provide the 73 aircraft to mainland China. The Robinson's accounts for 32% to be on the top, followed by AutoGyro accounting for 12%, Pilatus for 8%, Beech for 7% and Airbus' helicopter for 5%. As for the types of aircraft, there are 29 kinds of aircraft involved, among which Robinson R44 II, PC-6/B2-H4, AutoGyro MTOsports, Robinson R22 Beta, AutoGyro Calidus, Beech B300 and Tefei A2C-L are the most popular ones.