The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has proposed a new measure to deal with serious flight delay problems at eight Chinese airports, The Beijing News reported on July 31.

The measure indicates that, except in the instance of bad weather and military events, these airports should not postpone their flights from taking off due to air control situations at destination airports.

The affected international airports include Beijing Capital, Shanghai Hongqiao, Shanghai Pudong, Guangzhou Baiyun, Shenzhen Bao'an, Chengdu Shuangliu, Xi'an Xianyang and Kunming Changshui.

It is estimated that the number of flights at the eight major airports represent about half of the total flights in China.