Beijing says that Daxing International airport’s facilities and equipment have met operating conditions, and is due to open before 30 September.

Feng Zhenglin, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, says that the target is for work on the airport to be completed by the end of June.

The target is for Daxing International is to achieve a passenger numbers of 45 million in 2021, and for the figure to reach 72 million by 2025.

Passengers and a pilot were injured on 5 March when an ERJ 145 aircraft overrun the runway in Maine. The aircraft was operating as United Express at the time of the incident.

The aircraft took off from United's hub at Newark Liberty airport and landed at Presque Isle. Cleveland-based CommutAir posted a statement on Twitter that the aircraft “slid to the right of the runway” during landing. One pilot and three passengers “sustained minor injuries and are being attended by emergency personnel,” the airline states of the flight that carried 28 passengers and three crew.

The US Federal Aviation Administration in a statement confirms that the ERJ-145 “veered off the runway onto the grass at Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle” and says “the FAA will investigate."

Jet Airways has grounded two more aircraft for defaults on lease payments, as such nearly a quarter of its fleet is now out of operations.

The carrier confirmed the latest two groundings in a 4 March Indian stock exchange statement, joining 23 other aircraft that the carrier has previously grounded for non-payment of lease rental.