Beijing airport scores as worst for flight delays globally in H1
By Yang Jian |
July 12, 2013, Friday
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ONLY Beijing was worse than Shanghai for flight delays in the first six months of the year, according to a survey of 35 major airports around the world.
Pudong International Airport had a punctuality rate of less than 30 percent, US-based aviation data provider FlightStats said yesterday, while Beijing Capital International Airport was the world's worst at just 18.3 percent.
Only 28.7 percent of flights took off and landed at Pudong on time in the first half of the year, the survey revealed.
FlightStats record a delay if an aircraft fails to take off within 15 minutes of its scheduled time.
The average of all 35 airports, including London's Heathrow and JFK in New York, was 69.2 percent in June, compared to May's 75 percent, the survey said.
The survey results didn't include the recent massive delays caused by the weather on China's busiest domestic route, Shanghai-Beijing.
Chinese passengers have also long been complaining about the low timekeeping rate of almost all domestic flights although the Civil Aviation Administration of China said that last year's 75.8 percent punctuality rate was the lowest for five years.
"The poor timekeeping performance should mainly be blamed on the aviation company, air traffic limits and the bad weather," the CAAC said.
Airlines are mainly responsible for 40 percent of flight delays, it said.
In an effort to improve performance, the CAAC said yesterday that carriers would lose their right to fly routes if their operations caused serious delays.
"If any single flight was delayed by several hours while all the other flights operate normally at the same airport, the carrier would be punished," the CAAC said in a statement. Air traffic controllers, airport operators and fuel suppliers will also be penalized for causing serious delays, it said.
Some 20 domestic flights with the lowest punctuality rates would be publicized every month, it added.
The CAAC will also make more airspace available for aircraft flying between Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou to improve timekeeping.
"The administration will focus on improving the operation of the Beijing-Shanghai route through 2015," said Wang Liya, director of the CAAC's Air Traffic Management Bureau. He added advanced navigation equipment will be to improve the on-time rate.
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