Measures planned to reduce commercial flight delays

Flight delays will be reduced and the shortage of unrestricted air space eased under a combination of measures planned by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, officials said.

One-way air passages soon will be opened on three busy routes - Beijing and Guangzhou, Shanghai and Kunming, and Shanghai and Lanzhou, according to Feng Zhenglin, director of the CAAC. Feng spoke at a work meeting over the weekend.

A one-way passage allows commercial aircraft to travel to and from a destination in two separate air lanes, instead of the two-way routes in which pilots have to adjust their altitude to ensure that aircraft in all directions can fly safely.