The 6th Yunnan Aviation & Tourism Conference was held in Dali on April 26, at which representatives from 13 airport groups and OTAs of China jointly announced the Dali Declaration, advocating to grow the cross-airlines transfer business, enhance the civil aviation service quality and jointly build a new type of aviation hubs.
Dali Declaration is committed to advocating the application of new technologies, driving the formulation of standards for cross-airlines transfer services, building value-added service products, and realizing resource sharing and coordinated development.
Dali Declaration
1.We, as managers of airports and OTAs, attended Dali Forum on April 26 in Dali wher the building of new type of aviation hubs in the future was discussed.
2.We recognize that the air transport industry, under the circumstance of The New Normal, still maintains steady growth with each economic indicator demonstrating a sound trend (In 2016, the civil aviation industry saw a total operating revenue of RMB639.3 billion, a growth of 6.3% year on year; a total profit of RMB56.84 billion, a growth of 16.7% year on year; a total employees of 595,000, a growth of 7.5% year on year; and the added value of the transportation, storage and post services industries reached RMB3.31 trillion, accounting for 4.4% of GDP, in which the air transport industry played an important role.
3.We recognize that the domestic air travel needs are robust, the throughput of airports maintains high growth, and the air travel becomes increasingly popular among the public. (In 2017, the throughput reached 1.147 billion, an increase of 12.9% year on year. In 2017, the domestic routes transported 130 million passengers, an increase of 13.8% year on year; the whole year saw an addition of 46.29 million passengers, increasing 11.2% compared to 2016).
4.We recognize that the imbalance between the demand and supply of the domestic aviation industry becomes increasingly prominent, and we face a common challenge of striking a fine balance between safety and development, between safety and benefits, and between safety and normal operations. (in 2017, there was an airport with a passenger throughput of at least 10 million which saw a year-on-year increase of 26.4% in passenger traffic, but its flight movements only rose 18.3% year on year. There was also a slot-coordinated airport which saw a year-on-year increase of 11.4% in passenger traffic, but its flight movements only rose 4.7%.)
5.We recognize that initiatives, including "Sincere Service" and "Building of Civil Aviation Service Quality System", carried out by the Civil Aviation Administration of China are aimed at driving the high quality development of the aviation industry, encouraging and promoting the application of new technologies and service innovation, and improving the public's satisfaction and sense of gain towards aviation services.
6.We recognize that under current circumstances, there is a common need and urgent desire among airports of different regions to cooperate on matters including cross-airlines transfer service and information sharing, which is an integral part of the building of new type of aviation hubs and also conducive to building groups of airports with clearly-defined functions as well as convenient national flight route network.
7.We recognize that the development level of domestic airports across different regions of China is imbalanced and these airports urgently need to strengthen their cooperation so as to continuously improve their operating efficiency and customer satisfaction. (for instance, the load factor of different routes ranges from 60% to 95%, while the on-time performance ranges from 50% to 95%. Major airports are operating at the upper end of their capacity, while their medium-and small-sized counterparts operate at low efficiency. Therefore, inter-regional cooperation is urgently required and partnership needs to be established so as to continuously improve the on-time performance, load factor, airports' utilization efficiency and passengers' satisfaction toward the aviation services.)
8.We recognize that if Chinese airports set up harmonized cooperation standards, work together to improve their traveler service quality, and enhance traveler's experience, they, despite the limited resources, will be able to help more travelers get access to civil aviation services, resolve the pain points in interlining among different airlines, and improve the airlines' load factor.
9.The Dali Declaration is agreed upon at this conference and the attending managers are committed to the following goals:
1 Promoting the application of new technologies, improving the standards for ground passenger and baggage service
1.1 Accelerating the building of fast customs clearance facilities at airports. Clear customs with e-boarding pass by 2019 and clear customs with documents by 2020.
1.2 Enhancing airports' capability to track baggage. Help more airlines to meet the requirements of IATA Resolution 753 in 2018 and realize the tracking of baggage status.
1.3 Improving the baggage transport efficiency of airports. Make sure the baggage transport time of connecting passengers meets the airports' MCT requirements and the baggage arrives when the passengers land at the airport.
2 Driving the formulation of cross-airlines transfer (CAT) standards
2.1 Driving the sharing of CAT data. Realize the sharing of CAT data on traveler's connecting flights, baggage and operation.
2.2 Supporting the through-check of baggage when a traveler makes cross-airlines transfer. Each airport will follow the standards for through-check of baggage when a traveler makes cross-airlines transfer, sort the baggage according to the traveler's ticket and class, and harmonize the CAT signages. Ensure the baggage is last loaded at the originating airport and first unloaded at the connecting airport.
2.3 Supporting travelers who need to make a cross-airlines transfer to print their boarding pass at the previous airport. Realize reciprocal authorized access to each other's departure system and help travelers to print the boarding pass and baggage label at the originating airport for subsequent legs.
2.4 Providing travelers who make cross-airlines transfer with assistance during the process. Provide dedicated rest area to travelers who make cross-airlines transfer, divide them into different groups and offer corresponding assistance, issue MCT and transfer service standards to the society.
2.5 Shortening the minimum connecting time (MCT) of airports. Each party agrees that continuous shortening of MCT will help airports improve their efficiency, establish a flight wave and maximize the utilization of slots.
3 Developing value-added aviation service products
All parties will, through data sharing, work together to develop the following value-added aviation service products and set up a value-added aviation service products network:
3.1 Airport member system
3.2 Fast CAT Service product
3.3 Transfer insurance product
3.4 Fast security check product
3.5 Lounge product
3.6 To-and-from airport driver service product
3.7 Excessive baggage product
3.8 Fast cargo transport product
4 Sharing and mutual access
4.1 Commit to improve the aviation service quality, promote and manage the application of new technologies and service innovation, and encourage the sharing of resources with industry counterparts.
4.2 Commit to enhance the airport's utilization efficiency and the building of regional hubs, strengthen synergy and encourage mutual access.
