Flight disruptions and cancellations are compounding across East Asia as Typhoon Champi approaches Taiwan, grounding hundreds of domestic and international flights in Taiwan and poised to affect major mainland Chinese airports next.
Taiwan’s transport ministry said that 262 local flights and 715 international and cross-strait flights had been cancelled as of 10am Friday.
The island’s largest airports – Taiwan Taoyuan, Taipei Songshan, Kaohsiung and Taichung – faced large-scale flight cancellations as of Friday, according to the flight-tracking platform DAST.