2021 China General Aviation Report

TRAINING AND PILOTS
CCAR-61 AND CCAR-141 SCHOOLS AND COURSES PROVIDED
Data as of June 2021
Helicopter Only (8)
CCAR-61 School: 119 in Total
Both (7)
CCAR-141 School: 43 in Total
Fixed-wing Only (28)
CCAR-141
162
Schools
CCAR-61
Helicopter Only (69)
Fixed-wing Only (41)
Both (9)
2018-2020 CCAR-61 AND CCAR-141
FLIGHT TRAINING HOURS YOY TREND
1,000,000
2021, there were only two new CCAR - 141 facilities, giving a total of
43 schools.
Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many training pilots
were not able to travel abroad, and could only stay in China. As a
result, the number of registered CCAR – 141 training pilots increased
18.4% from 4,650 in 2019 to 5,506 in 2020.
800,000
600,000
7%
9%
7%
As of June 2021, there were 43 CCAR – 141 and 119 CCAR – 61
training institutions. Amongst the CCAR – 141 facilities, 28 of
them only provided fixed-wing training courses. Furthermore,
eight schools only provided helicopter training and seven schools
provided both fixed-wing and helicopter lessons.
400,000
200,000
93%
91%
93%
On the flip side, CCAR – 61 training schools are quite different. The
majority of facilities only provide helicopter training courses – 69
of them. There are also only 41 training institutions providing fixedwing
courses. Finally, nine institutions provided both helicopter and
fixed-wing curriculums.
0
CCAR-61
Flight Training
Hours
CCAR-141
Flight Training
Hours
2018 2019 2020
42,915 66,240 +54% 63,423 -4%
565,626 644,154 +14% 807,786 +25%
Regarding the flight training hours in 2020, CCAR – 141 schools
accounted for over 90%. The rest belonged to CCAR – 61 institutions,
roughly staying the same as previous years. On the other hand,
the training hours of CCAR – 141 and CCAR -61 schools showed
a different trend, in 2019, both CCAR – 141 and CCAR – 61 grew
compared to 2018 – each by 14% and 54%, respectively. 2019 to
2020 saw CCAR – 141 training hours increased by 25%, whilst CCAR
– 61 training hours dropped by 4%.
Data Source: CAAC, Overview of General and Small Transport Operations
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