{"id":22654,"date":"2023-06-28T08:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=22654"},"modified":"2023-06-30T21:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:02:37","slug":"come-fly-around-china-as-much-as-you-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/come-fly-around-china-as-much-as-you-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Come fly around China as much as you like!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local agents in China have confirmed that\u00a0authorities have dropped the 6 sector limit on foreign private\/bizav flights.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Until now, aircraft were limited to 6 flights in China – international arrival, 4 internal flights, and international departure. But from June 20 all sector limits have been removed, so<\/strong> you can now fly as many domestic sectors in China as you want.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s a beautiful graphic we made to illustrate the change:<\/p>\n

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So beautiful. So unnecessary.<\/p><\/div>\n

True to form, the authorities in China haven’t officially published this change anywhere. We heard about it from an OPSGROUP member (thanks! please tell us more things!<\/a>), and double-checked it with a few local agents in China who confirmed the change.<\/p>\n

Which local agents?<\/h4>\n

Three of them, all said the same thing. You can contact them here:
\nPandaviation:<\/strong> ops@pandaviation.com<\/a>
\nMainland GroundExpress:<\/strong> ops@mgel.aero<\/a>
\nUniversal:<\/strong> Chinaoperations@universalaviation.aero<\/a><\/p>\n

Why has this changed happened?<\/h4>\n

It’s all part of China’s big re-opening post-Covid, and aimed at getting traffic levels back up again. China fully reopened to tourists in March 2023, after three years of border restrictions.<\/strong> For pax, quarantine was dropped in Jan, and PCR tests were replaced with rapid antigen tests at the end of April. For crew, you no longer need a Covid test at all – you just need a C type visa and to fill out the online health dec form<\/a> to generate a QR code which you show on arrival.<\/p>\n

What about cabotage?<\/h4>\n

Not really an issue here – foreign reg private\/bizav flights can pick up and drop off different pax on domestic flights without issue.<\/p>\n

China treats private and charter flights as the same thing.<\/strong> The only difference comes when you have more than 29 seats<\/strong> onboard. In this case, the CAAC will treat you as non-scheduled commercial flight<\/strong>, which means things get more tricky – additional permit requirements including providing a charter agreement, AOC and other aircraft docs.<\/p>\n

All interesting in theory. But what are ops to China really<\/span> like?<\/h4>\n

We don’t know. But we know someone who does – YOU!<\/strong> – fine upstanding members of OPSGROUP!<\/p>\n

We’ve had several reports recently from OPSGROUP members who have flown to China. Head over to Airport Spy<\/strong> on your dashboard<\/a> to read the reports!<\/p>\n

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We want your reports!<\/h4>\n

If you\u2019ve been to China (or anywhere else, for that matter) and can share some info on how the trip went, let us know.<\/a>\u00a0Or even better, skip the middle man and\u00a0file an Airport Spy report!<\/a><\/p>\n

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More info on China ops<\/h4>\n