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CAAC: China’s on-time departure rate up 7.3% in August
October 28th 2016
Chinese Mainland airports significantly boosted their on-time performance in August. The average on-time rate stood at 76.2%, up 7.3% year-on-year. Read More »
Xian had the largest number of flights leaving on schedule. On average, 89.2% of flights left Xianyang International Airport on time. This was followed by Chongqing (84.8%), Kunming (84.6%), Chengdu (83.4%) and Jinan (82.6%).
Beijing’s Capital Airport and Nanjing’s Lukou were ranked at the bottom of the list, with only 66.6% and 67% of all aircraft taking off within 15 minutes of their scheduled departure time.
Citing poor performance, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) continues barring Beijing, Nanjing, as well as Xiamen and Shanghai Pudong, from adding new routes, frequencies or charter services.
