China Trials Remote Tower Operations In Xinjiang

Chen Chuanren May 22, 2020
Xinjiang
Officials oversee the remote tower operation from a center in Urumqi, 385 km from Xinyuan Nalati Airport.
Credit: Chinese State Media
China has conducted its first remote tower operation at Xinyuan Nalati Airport (NLT) with a China Express Airlines flight controlled remotely from the Xinjiang Airport Group’s center in Urumqi, 385 km away. Without providing specifics on companies involved, the announcement said 90% of the hardware...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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