上海昨日暴雨致众多航班延误 - 2014年07月28日

THUNDERSTORMS last night added to the woes of Shanghai’s two airports, already experiencing flight delays due to air traffic restrictions because of upcoming military maneuvers.

The Civil Aviation Administration issued an orange alert for widespread flight delays, the Shanghai Airport Authority said yesterday.

The regulator’s air traffic management bureau said capacity at Hongqiao International Airport would drop 63 percent from 3:15pm to 6pm yesterday and that for Pudong International Airport would drop by 50 percent from 4pm to 7pm.