Airlines delay paying airport fees

The China Civil Airport Association said 29 domestic airlines had failed to pay on time 4.2 billion yuan ($61.7 million) in airport charges by the end of Oct this year.

The Shanghai Morning Post reported yesterday that most of the payments were delayed for at least three months, and some for a year.

On Tuesday, the association named some the country's biggest airlines - China Southern, China Eastern and Air China - on its official website, but later withdrew it.