"A total of 150 flights have been canceled since April 14," a spokesman for China’s civil aviation administration told AFP.
The figure includes only the nation’s four biggest domestic carriers, and not foreign airlines that have canceled their flights from China.
Thousands of passengers have been stranded in Europe and China due to the cloud of glass, sand and rock spewing from Iceland’s Eyjafjoell volcano, which experts say could imperil jet engines.
Straits Times said European and international agencies have been in urgent talks to try to ease the chaos after around 30 countries closed or restricted their airspace due to passenger safety fears, catching 6.8 million passengers in a global backlog.