A total of 343 flights were canceled at Fuzhou Airport over the weekend due to super-typhoon Soudelor, according to a report by fznews.com on Tuesday.

Since late Friday Aug 7, one day before Soudelor made landing in Putian city, all flights airlines at the airport were canceled..

Airline services resumed on the morning of Aug 9. A total of 250 flights were handled that day, transferring nearly 18,000 people, about 2,000 more than normal during summer vacation, said the airport.