Major adjustments of the airspace and air routes in China covering 29 civilian airports were announced on Thursday following the aeronautical information of the newly built Daxing International Airport, the Chinese capital's second such facility, coming into effect. 

The airspace adjustments cover an area starting from the borderline between China and Mongolia in the north, to the Guilin control area in the far south, and from western Inner Mongolia in the west, to the Dalian control area in the east. The east-west line spans 1,350 kilometers and the north-south line 2,200 kilometers. 

As for the adjusted air routes, most of the current ones in the Beijing control area will be canceled and replaced with two or three parallel routes with specific functions. Also, the adjustments will add some 100 intermediate points and 4,700 kilometers to the current routes.

The adjustments this time also affect operations in the north section of the air channel between Beijing and Guangzhou. The 2,000-kilometer channel connects the world's two major city groups: the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. 

The north section, with the Beijing Capital International Airport and the Daxing International Airport in the north and Wuhan in the south, spans more than 1,000 kilometers, accounting for half of the Beijing-Guangzhou air channel. It lays a solid foundation for the upgrading of the whole Beijing-Guangzhou airline. 

In addition, the airspace of Beijing terminal control area will be expanded to 34,500 square kilometers after the adjustments, twice that of the current area. It is expected that by 2021, the Beijing terminal area will handle an average of 2,900 flights per day, emerging as the busiest terminal control area in the country.

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