Drones have been booming in recent years. The Civil Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Transport has formulated the "Regulations on the Management of Remotely Controlled Drones" for three years. This year, they will re-examine the revised regulations. The latest draft was recently announced, and it is planned to lower the operating age from the current 16 years old. 14 years old, the activity application review fee is planned to be changed to a "permit period" graded fee, and it is planned to be charged 8,000 yuan within 3 months. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said it will continue to collect opinions from all walks of life and is expected to implement it on July 1 next year.
The draft amendment to some provisions of the "Remote Control Drone Management Rules" points out that the age for registration and learning operation certificate application for drone owners as natural persons will be relaxed from 16 years old to 14 years old; in order to reflect changes in government service costs and prices , relevant fees have also been adjusted, including the physical inspection certificate being adjusted from 250 yuan to 500 yuan, and the operator testing fees for basic and advanced technical subjects being adjusted from 500 yuan to 1,200 yuan.
The current application review fee for drone activities is 500 yuan, and the validity period is 3 months. The Civil Aviation Administration of China has revised the law to adopt "tiered fees". The fee is adjusted to 500 yuan within the 7-day consent or license period based on the length of the application period. 2,200 yuan within 1 month, 4,800 yuan within 2 months, and 8,000 yuan within 3 months. There is also a flight announcement application review fee of 500 yuan per airspace.
Lin Junliang, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration, said that in order to let drone education take root and be exposed to applications as early as possible, the age of operators has been lowered to 14 years old, so that junior high school students can apply for operation, but the county and municipal governments have reported that the number in the same area cannot be effectively controlled. , in order to effectively manage airspace resources, a graded charging system was adopted. The Civil Aviation Administration of China will hold another briefing meeting to collect opinions from all parties.
In addition, according to statistics from the Civil Aviation Administration, from 2022 to August this year, the airport was closed as many as 12 times due to drones affecting aircraft takeoffs and landings, affecting 60 flights and nearly 7,000 passengers. Director of Civil Aviation Lin Guoxian said that Songshan, Kaohsiung and Taoyuan airports have all introduced drone prevention plans to detect where drones are in the airport. If the risk is not high, the airport will not be closed entirely. The proportion of closures has dropped. In the future Strengthen and improve its systems and cooperate with aviation police on duty operations.
