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Big Chinese Airports Virtually Saturated, CAAC Data Show

Credit: Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
BEIJING—Major Chinese airports are virtually saturated, operating near or above their approved runway capacity for up to 15 hr. a day, data from the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) show. Meanwhile, some of the country’s airways are handling far-higher traffic densities than would normally...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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