- CAAC: Air Travel to Spike During Spring Festival[Jan. 12, 2008]
According to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), an estimated 22 million passengers are expected to travel by air during the Spring Festival, 10 percent more than the same period last year.
- China Airs Its Growing Pains[Jan. 10, 2008]
For business fliers worried by reports of chronic delays on China's congested airways, Beijing bureaucrats have a relatively reassuring statistic: more than 80 per cent of the nation's flights are on-time.
- More Fog Causes Further Disruptions to Air Travel in East China[Jan. 10, 2008]
Fog in east China disrupted the air travel plans of thousands of passengers in Shanghai and Hangzhou on Jan. 10, airports said.
- Heavy Fog Lingers in Eastern China, Delaying Flights[Jan. 10, 2008]
Heavy fog lingered in several cities in eastern China on Jan. 10, causing the suspension of flights.
- China Warns Airlines to Be On-Time[Jan. 11, 2008]
China has vowed tough punishments on airlines to ensure that chronically late aircraft run smoothly for the 2008 Olympic Games, state media reported.
- Heavy Fog Shrouds Chengdu, Delaying Flights[Jan. 09, 2008]
More than 12,000 airline passengers faced delays involving 408 flights as a heavy fog continued to shroud Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Jan. 9.
- Heavy Fog Strands 9,000 Airline Passengers in Chengdu[Jan. 08, 2008]
More than 9,000 airline passengers were stranded and 105 flights delayed due to a heavy fog that blanketed Chengdu, Sichuan's provincial capital, on Jan. 8.
- Heavy Fog Cloaks Shanghai, Plays Havoc with Flights[Jan. 08, 2008]
A heavy fog that has blanketed Shanghai since late Jan. 7 has forced the cancellation of some flights.
- Flights Delayed After Man Runs Through Security at Canadian Airport[Jan. 04, 2008]
On Jan. 4, a 20-year-old man was taken into custody at an airport in Canada after he ran through security without being screened and directly boarded an airplane, reports said.
- Heavy Fog Strands over 10,000 Airline Passengers in Chengdu[Jan. 05, 2008]
On Jan. 5, more than 10,000 airline passengers were stranded and 108 flights delayed due to a heavy fog that blanketed Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu in the morning.