Foreign Ministry urges passengers to obey rules of airlines

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Chinese passengers to "carefully read" all disclaimers before choosing budget airlines, and to avoid calling for more than stipulated in the agreement, according to a statement released on Wednesday by the ministry's consular department.

The statement was released in response to a recent protest at Japan's Narita International Airport involving 175 Chinese passengers stranded due to bad weather.

Budget airlines usually do not provide free meals or luggage checks, and do not allow passengers to change flights, as is stipulated in ticket purchase agreements, the statement said.