The Beidou system has been successfully tested in the general aviation sector, which includes all civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services, as well as by general aircraft including helicopters and private jets, Li Jian, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, was quoted as saying by state-run news agency Xinhua.
"We are promoting the Beidou system up to the standards of International Civil Aviation Organization [ICAO], and will gradually apply it to carriers," Li told an international forum on aviation security in Beijing.