The Civil Aviation Administration of China released today (May 17) that according to the forecast of the meteorological department, during the thunderstorm season in June ~ August this year, the overall weather situation in the mainland will deviate, and the extreme weather will increase compared with previous years. To this end, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has formulated relevant operation support plans to strengthen the operation recovery of abnormal flights.
Since April this year, there has been a rare long-term, large-scale, and high-intensity convective weather in East China, Central and South China, especially in the Pearl River Delta, which has caused great disruption to the operation of civil aviation. According to the forecast of the meteorological department, in the thunderstorm season in June ~ August this year, the overall weather situation in the mainland will deviate, and the extreme weather will increase compared with previous years.
The scene of the press conference/photographed by reporters
Dai Jun, deputy director of the operation monitoring center of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that the Civil Aviation Administration formulated and issued the "Overall Plan for Civil Aviation Operation Guarantee in the Thunderstorm Season in 2024". In terms of main measures, the first is to firmly establish the idea of safety first, strictly operate standards, implement the "two absolute safety", and at the same time strengthen on-duty duty and properly deal with emergencies; The second is to grasp the main line of "balance between energy (comprehensive support capacity) and demand (operation demand)", in accordance with the principle of "five early", early warning, early consultation, early decision-making, early disposal, and early notification, dynamically do a good job in production organization, and always ensure that the operation situation is stable and controllable when disturbed by unfavorable factors; The third is to focus on ensuring flights that have returned to alternate landings, long delays, and long waiting on board, and do a good job in restoring the operation of abnormal flights; Fourth, we should give full play to the advantages of "a game of chess" in civil aviation operation, rely on the three-level coordinated operation mechanism of "national-regional-airport", strengthen the coordination and linkage of the whole industry, and form a joint work force.
Thunderstorm Weather Flight Support/North China Air Traffic Management Bureau Picture
In terms of the resumption of international passenger flights, from May 6 to May 12 last week, Chinese and foreign airlines carried out a total of 5,493 regular international passenger round-trip flights, which have recovered to about 73.1% of the pre-epidemic level, and passenger flights were opened to 70 countries, including Kuwait, Serbia, Tanzania, Luxembourg and Papua New Guinea 5 new countries compared with before the epidemic. In the next step, the Civil Aviation Administration of China will also coordinate and promote the resumption of international flights in a timely manner.
Xu Qing, deputy director of the Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that Air China has recently launched the Beijing-Madrid-Sao Paulo route to Brazil from April 27, with two flights per week. China Southern Airlines has launched the Shenzhen-Mexico City route to Mexico from May 11, with two flights per week. Air China plans to launch the Beijing-Madrid-Havana route to Cuba from today, with two flights per week. Hainan Airlines plans to launch the Shenzhen-Budapest route to Hungary from June 21, with two flights per week; China Southern Airlines plans to launch the Guangzhou-Budapest route to Hungary from June 27, with four flights per week.
Air China's Beijing-Madrid-Havana route/Air China image
It was also introduced at the press conference that from July 2023, the Civil Aviation Administration of China will carry out a one-year special action to rectify "machine trouble" in accordance with the law and maintain aviation safety order. As of May 10 this year, the public security organs had handled 760 cases of "machine disturbances" in accordance with the law, and the proportion of perpetrators of disorderly disturbances per million passengers was 12.8 percent lower than before the special operation, effectively curbing the frequent occurrence of "machine trouble" incidents.
Li Yong, deputy director of the Aviation Safety Office of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that in the next step, the Civil Aviation Administration will resolutely adhere to the bottom line of safety. Strengthen all-round and full-chain control, consolidate the main responsibility of airlines for safety, increase the risk investigation and rectification and emergency response of "machine trouble", and resolutely avoid the occurrence of incidents that endanger aviation safety due to "machine trouble".
Second, we will continue to deepen comprehensive governance. Intensify the crackdown and exposure of typical "machine trouble" behaviors, and guide airlines to adjust and optimize their internal complaint management mechanisms.
The third is to promote the establishment of a long-term mechanism. Including the "machine trouble" incident handling and handover mechanism, review and analysis mechanism. Guide airlines and airports to incorporate the rectification of "machine troubles" into the company's management manuals and system documents, incorporate relevant supervision measures into the daily supervision content of the civil aviation administrative department, and carry out supervision and inspection on a regular basis, so as to ensure that practical results are achieved for a long time.
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