Punctuality improves at airports

Aviation network continuing to expand across the country

Nearly three-fourths of passenger flights in September landed or departed on time, an official from the Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Tuesday, representing a significant improvement over the previous months.

Airports across the Chinese mainland handled 436,588 flights last month - including a record 15,323 on Sept 29, the day before the National Day holiday - with an overall punctuality rate of 73 percent, Zhang Chunzhi, Party chief of the administration's operation and monitoring center, said at a news conference.