A U.S.-based air travel
information service, mainland “China airports are the world's worst” when it
comes to on-time departures and arrivals.
They said, according to
the report, which covers airport and airline activity in the month of June, the
overall performance of Chinese airports has become worse in the past half year.
At the bottom of the
list of major world airports is Beijing Capital International Airport. In June,
just 18.3% of flights from the airport left on time.
Around 42% of flights
from Beijing suffered delays of 45 minutes or longer.
Second worst on the
list is Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. Just 24% of its June flights
departed on time, compared with a 38.9% on-time departure rate six months ago.