中国民用航空局在《加快推进空中接入互联网工作的实施方案(征求意见稿)》中建议,所有国内航司在2020年底完成空中接入互联网服务整体方案的60%,2022年力争覆盖全机队。在今年的两会上,中国民用航空总局局长冯正霖也表示将在接下来的几年继续推广机上Wi-Fi技术。对于航空公司来说,发展机上Wi-Fi是大势所趋。
另一方面,中国是全球第二大航空市场。根据国际航空运输协会的预测,中国将会在2022年左右取代美国成为全球第一大航空市场。面对这样一个巨大市场,机上Wi-Fi不仅成为提升旅客体验、增强常旅客忠诚度的"good to have",最成为油价飙升、竞争白热化环境下,国内各大航空公司新的赢利蓝海和"must have"。
短短两年内,中国有超过2000架飞机将会安装机上Wi-Fi设备,三年后则翻番。以中国民航新增飞机规模来计算,2022年机队规模会逼近5000架飞机左右。新增设备和系统的需求还只是一小块市场,中国民航运输旅客数量在2018年已经达6.1亿人次,如按人均飞行2.5小时计算,一年就有超过15亿小时的高空时间,谁能吸引这群高质量飞行旅客的空中时间,无疑就打开了一片广阔的市场。
CAAC suggested in its draft implementation plan for accelerating air Internet access that all domestic aviation departments complete 60% of the overall plan for air Internet access services by the end of 2020 and strive to cover the entire fleet by 2022. Feng zhenglin, deputy general of CAAC, also said at this year's National People's Congress and the Chinese Political Consultative Conference that he would continue to promote in-flight wi-fi technology in the coming years. For airlines, developing in-flight wi-fi is a trend.
On the other hand, China is the world's second largest aviation market. According to the prediction of IATA, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest aviation market around 2022. In the face of such a huge market, in-flight wi-fi has not only become a "good to have" to enhance the passenger experience and strengthen the loyalty of frequent fliers, but also become a new blue ocean of profits and a "must have" for major domestic airlines in the context of soaring oil prices and white-hot competition.
In just two years, more than 2,000 aircraft in China will be equipped with in-flight wi-fi, doubling in three years. Based on the size of the new civil aviation aircraft in China, the size of the fleet in 2022 will approach 5,000 . New equipment and the demand of the system is only a small piece of the market, China civil aviation transportation passenger quantity has 610 million visitors in 2018, If the average person flies 2.5 hours, that's more than 1.5 billion hours a year, who can attract this group of high quality flight passengers fly time , then open up a vast market will undoubtedly.