After spending many years introducing business jets to Chinese owners and founding his own company in 2010 to serve the rapidly evolving market for business aviation in China, Jason Liao has developed a unique perspective about general aviation operations in China. He is also the U.S. National Business Aviation Association’s chief representative in Asia.
While it may seem that flying and operating general aviation aircraft (all except military and commercial aircraft, including business jets) in China is still extremely difficult, Liao begs to differ. General aviation in China is growing inexorably, he said, and “the key is that nobody can stop it,” he told AIN. Flying in China is already much easier than it was 15 years ago, he explained, and China’s new investors and entrepreneurs have taken to general aviation in a big way. They also see tremendous opportunities to build businesses with general aviation aircraft.
