The regulation for civil aviation in China announced in a quick statement on Friday that those routes were already in use, adding that it would “further optimize” airport around Fuzhou aircraft starting on May 16.
It did not elaborate but the time is four times before Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te is inaugurated, a gentleman Beijing believes is a dangerous dissident. Lai has consistently apologised for his repeated offers to China.
The changes to the aircraft paths, according to China’s regulation, will help satisfy the “development needs” of flights along the Chinese coast, guarantee flight safety, increase the ability to listen to thunderstorms, and improve regular flight operations.
The measure had a significant impact on aircraft safety in Chinese airport, according to Taiwan’s Civil Aviation Administration, calling it a unilateral action taken without prior conversation.
At its nearest point, near to Kinmen, there is only a 1. 1 navigational mile separation between the Taiwanese and Chinese journey lines, according to the statement.
” The airspace between the two factors is very little, and there are certain dangers,” it added.
CONTROLLED AIR SPACE
Chinese air traffic controllers” highly request” their Chinese counterparts steer any aircraft away from Taiwan’s airspace, according to the statement.
Taiwan forbids Foreign plane from flying in the airspace around Kinmen and Matsu, which Taipei controls.
The middle line of the strait was never crossed by either side because it had for years served as an unauthorised border range between Taiwan and China.
However, China claims that it does not recognize the existence of the line, and as a result, Chinese aircraft often fly over it as Beijing presses Taipei to acknowledge its promises to independence.
Flights to and from Xiamen and Fuzhou in Taiwan and China take a bizarre route along the middle range rather than crossing the strait. Local Chinese airlines to Kinmen and Matsu depart immediately across the sea.
Before, Taiwan complained about the M503 route when it claimed China opened the northern portion of it without first informing Taipei, in violation of a 2015 agreement to first examine like flight roads.
Taiwan’s government rejects China’s claims of sovereignty and asserts that Taiwan’s citizens are the only ones who have a say in what matters.