Corridor will cut flight times, delays

Flight delays at Beijing Capital International Airport are expected to ease this summer, thanks to a new corridor that allows aircraft to bypass the city's crowded skies when flying between Europe and the southern cities of China, an official with for the air traffic management bureau said yesterday.

The corridor, which opened on Thursday, is the latest move to reduce air traffic congestion ahead of the Olympics, the bureau, which is under the General Administration of Civil Aviation, said.

With the new route, flights from Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong to Europe will on longer be required to pass through Beijing.