It also found 16 percent of these passengers were dropped off at the wrong place by a taxi and 13 percent disembarked from the airport bus at the wrong stop.

"We have printed and distributed 1.9 million brochures for taxi drivers, tourist agencies and other places since December, but it hasn't been particularly effective," Huang said.

And there are concerns that things could get worse after Air China and 19 other carriers move to T3 next Wednesday.

The airport will continue to arrange shuttle buses to assist passengers from 6 am to 11 pm outside Gate 5 of T3 and Gate 11 of T2, he said.

Because stricter check measures were adopted over the weekend for , he also reminded domestic flight passengers to arrive at the airport at least two hours before the takeoff.

Beijing-Shanghai flights

Contrary to earlier announcements, not all express flights between Beijing and Shanghai Hongqiao will move to T3.

Huang said the Beijing-Shanghai express flights carried by China Eastern, China Southern and Hainan Airlines will remain in T2, while those carried by Air China and Shanghai Airlines will move into T3.

(China Daily March 21, 2008)