General aviation in China
This information was recently received at Thirty Thousand Feet:
The FCGA website notes there are currently only an estimated 700 GA aircraft in China, most in agricultural or utility work. There are less than 150 civil-use airports, but over 100 more are planned by 2020.
As Western aviation companies look to China as a source of components and as a market for aircraft, and as indigenous design and manufacturing capability increases, perhaps GA growth there will accelerate.
If I was in the GA business, I'd be thinking about this.
The mission of Friends of China General Aviation (FCGA) is to foster awareness of general aviation among government officials, businesses, communities and individual citizens, and to encourage the development of general aviation in China.
Our organization was formed in January of 2008 by a small group of business people and professionals interested in the future of the general aviation industry in China . FoCGA is incorporated as a non-profit Mutual Benefit Corporation organized under the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law of the State of California , and is governed by an 10 member Board of Directors. Membership is open to interested individuals and business entities—please see our membership page Join Us for further information.
FCGA seeks to aid in the establishment and development of the GA industry in China through education, advocacy and community outreach within China ; by connecting individuals and organizations to others interested in aviation in China; and providing access to aviation-related resources within and outside of China.
The FCGA website notes there are currently only an estimated 700 GA aircraft in China, most in agricultural or utility work. There are less than 150 civil-use airports, but over 100 more are planned by 2020.
As Western aviation companies look to China as a source of components and as a market for aircraft, and as indigenous design and manufacturing capability increases, perhaps GA growth there will accelerate.
If I was in the GA business, I'd be thinking about this.
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