On-time flights still a priority

The nation will continue to improve the punctuality of commercial flights, China's top civil aviation official said on Friday.

"I was not happy with the punctuality rate of scheduled flights before, nor am I happy with it now. But we are working to improve it," said Feng Zhenglin, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. He made the remarks ahead of the opening ceremony of the annual meeting of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top advisory body.

The punctuality rate of scheduled flights was 76.4 percent last year, a rise of 8.4 percentage points from 2015.