Flight disruptions and cancellations surged across East Asia as Typhoon Champi approached Taiwan on Friday, prompting emergency precautions in eastern mainland China, including Shanghai, and in Japan during a large-scale joint military drill with the US.
Taiwan’s transport ministry said 262 local flights and 715 international and cross-strait flights had been cancelled as of 10am on Friday.
The island’s largest airports – Taiwan Taoyuan, Taipei Songshan, Kaohsiung and Taichung – faced widespread flight cancellations as of Friday, according to the flight-tracking platform DAST.
Meanwhile, 14 airports across eastern mainland China were expected to be affected in the coming days, including nine in Zhejiang province, a major manufacturing and tech hub, and one in Fujian province.