Flights in and out of airports in Shanghai returned to normal on
Tuesday, three days after the end of airspace controls that
disrupted the travel plans of thousands of air passengers in
eastern China.
Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao Airport saw over a
thousand flights coming and leaving on Tuesday.
More than 30 flights to southwest China were delayed largely due
to thick fog in the Chongqing Municipality, according to the
website of the Shanghai Airport Authorities, but the effect of the
airspace controls is over.
"After the airspace controls, we added flights every day to make
up for those postponed," said Li Jingao, an official with the
market management office of the Shanghai-based CAAC East China Air
Traffic Management Bureau.
On Sunday, when the airspace controls ended, more than 30
flights were postponed because of the knock-on effect, Li
noted.
Shanghai Airport Authorities' website showed a backlog resulted
in the delay of a dozen flights on Monday.
More than 150 flights were delayed in Shanghai and about 7,000
passengers were affected during the first two days of the airspace
controls. Most flights were bound for domestic destinations
including Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shenzhen, Beijing and Dalian.
Sources at the Baiyuan airport in Guangzhou, where 1,600
passengers suffered delays on Tuesday, said several flights were
still affected, but only for brief periods, with no large-scale
passenger delays.
(Xinhua News Agency November 28, 2007)