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2021 China General Aviation Report

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PILOT OVERVIEW<br />

From 2014 to 2020, the number of registered Chinese civil aviation<br />

pilot licenses experienced a continuous increase. According to<br />

data from the "<strong>China</strong> Civil <strong>Aviation</strong> Pilot Development Annual<br />

<strong>Report</strong>", there were a total of 69,817 Chinese civil aviation pilot<br />

licenses at the end of 2020. Whilst the annual growth rate<br />

remained around 10% from 2017 to 2019, the growth rate in 2020<br />

drastically decreased to 2% due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />

By the end of 2020, amongst the various civil aviation pilot<br />

license categories, the number of Commercial Pilot License (CPL)<br />

accounted for 52%. Additionally, the Airline Transport Pilot License<br />

(ATPL) accounted for 40%. The rest of the makeup is composed<br />

of Private Pilot License (PPL) at 6%, Sport Pilot License (SPL) at<br />

2%, and Multi-crew Pilot License, with less than 1%.<br />

CIVIL PILOT LICENSES BY TYPE<br />

Sport (2%)<br />

PPL (6%)<br />

ATPL (40%)<br />

Data as of the end of 2020<br />

52+39+6+2+1+G<br />

MPL (

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