China's Aviation Industry Embraces Digital Era
Umer Jamshaid Published January 23, 2019 | 03:52 PM
China's civil aviation industry is accelerating its advance into the digital era, with major players sending clear signals of new opportunities worldwide
BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Jan, 2019 ) :China's civil aviation industry is accelerating its advance into the digital era, with major players sending clear signals of new opportunities worldwide.
Already this year, China Southern Airlines has started online seat selection for all domestic flights and paperless e-boarding passes.
As well as being more convenient for passengers, it is a major step in responding to initiatives in environment-friendly travel. In the first week, about 75 percent of passengers on domestic routes opted to select their seats via digital devices, said China Southern.
Based in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, China Southern operates the largest fleet in Asia and the third biggest worldwide. In 2018, it recorded 139 million passenger journeys.
"The global aviation industry is at a crucial point.
It is transitioning from an increment-driven market to one in which greater value and opportunities are being extracted from the existing market. And digitalization presents a crucial opportunity for China," said Yu Zhanfu, partner and vice president for Greater China at the Roland Berger consultancy.
Rising cost pressures and safety concerns are affecting the industry worldwide. Digitalization is seen as key to improving operational efficiency, upgrading services, and reshaping development modes.
"It is widely recognized that digitalization is a new value-growth point. Alongside dramatic growth in China's civil aviation sector, civil aviation authorities, domestic aviation manufacturers and technological giants are eying digitalization," said Xu Jun, vice president of Asia-Pacific OEMs of Honeywell Aerospace.
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