Flight delays decrease in 2011
<p><span word="Flight">Flight</span> <span word="delays">delays</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="airports">airports</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>, <span word="data">data</span> <span word="showed">showed</span>.</p><p><span word="Data">Data</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="management">management</span> <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span> 77.9 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scheduled">scheduled</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 2-<span word="percentage">percentage</span>-<span word="point">point</span> <span word="improvement">improvement</span> <span word="from">from</span> 2010.</p><p><span word="Flights">Flights</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="punctuality">punctuality</span>, <span word="at">at</span> 66 <span word="percent">percent</span>, <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="at">at</span> 73 <span word="percent">percent</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Air">Air</span> <span word="Traffic">Traffic</span> <span word="Management">Management</span> <span word="Bureau">Bureau</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Civil">Civil</span> <span word="Aviation">Aviation</span> <span word="Administration">Administration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span> (<span word="CAAC">CAAC</span>). <span word="The">The</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="declined">declined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="name">name</span>.</p><p><span word="Still">Still</span>, "<span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="improvements">improvements</span>" <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="routes">routes</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="punctual">punctual</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>-<span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="by">by</span> 30 <span word="percentage">percentage</span> <span word="points">points</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>-<span word="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</span> <span word="routes">routes</span> <span word="by">by</span> 11 <span word="percentage">percentage</span> <span word="points">points</span>, <span word="compared">compared</span> <span word="to">to</span> 2010, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Jun">Jun</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CAAC">CAAC</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="airlines">airlines</span>, <span word="airports">airports</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="boosted">boosted</span> <span word="cooperation">cooperation</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="delays">delays</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="capacity">capacity</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="airports">airports</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>, <span word="Nanjing">Nanjing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Chongqing">Chongqing</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="expanded">expanded</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p><span word="Flight">Flight</span> <span word="punctuality">punctuality</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="targeted">targeted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2 <span word="percentage">percentage</span> <span word="points">points</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="delays">delays</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 5 <span word="percent">percent</span>.</p><p><span word="Analysts">Analysts</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>-<span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="speed">speed</span> <span word="rail">rail</span> <span word="link">link</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="June">June</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="halved">halved</span> <span word="rail">rail</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="pushed">pushed</span> <span word="airlines">airlines</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="performances">performances</span>.</p>
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