After a case of attempted arson was reported on a Shenzhen Airlines ZH9648 aircraft, Taizhou Airport's security check has been repeatedly questioned, a criticism that has similarly sized airports across the nation on edge.
In June, Taizhou Airport recorded 50,745 tourist visits, down 5.2% from a year earlier, ranking fifth out of Zhejiang province's seven airports. Four-hundred and thirty two flights came through the airport, down 10.9% from a year ago and ranking sixth.
How was it possible for the arson suspect to bring his weapons onto the Shenzhen Airlines flight? CCTV commentator Yang Yu pointed fingers at Taizhou Airport, accusing smaller airports of being loose in implementing more rigorous security checks.
Statistics showed that in 2014, Zhejiang's civil airports reported 41.32 million passengers, up 12.8% from the same period a year earlier. Taizhou Airport recorded passenger traffic of 665,000, up 8.8% year on year.
China Civil Aviation News cited Hangzhou Airport president Fang Chunlin last November as saying that the booming development of the nation's southeastern coastal airports has created problems with misplaced resource allocation, insufficient coordination in development, security and services.
Fang said the position of many airports is unclear, large-sized infrastructure projects are failing to be implemented, talents are scarce and overall development cannot meet with rising demand.
On Dec. 8, the aviation authorities unveiled planned subsidies for the nation's civil aviation in 2015, with 146 airports having obtained subsidies for a total of more than 1.2 billion yuan (US$193.4 million).
< a href="http://ift.tt/1KJPy6t">Source: Want China Times
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