Huang Zhong(2nd,L) , a Chinese civilian back from Thailand, arrives at the Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 30, 2008. The first charter plane from Air China Airlines boarded passengers who were stranded in Thailand, back to Beijing at 5:40 AM on Sunday.

A China Eastern Airbus-300 arrives at the Utapao Airport near Pattaya, about 150 km east of Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Nov. 29, 2008. Chinese aviation authorities were sending 5 planes on Saturday to Thailand to bring home the remaining stranded Chinese tourists after the closure of the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok.

Passengers walk out from the terminal of the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, east China, on Nov. 30, 2008.

Zhou Ti(R) hugs her father at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, east China, on Nov. 30, 2008. 

Chinese tourists, once stranded after the closure of airports in Bangkok, arrive at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, in Shanghai, on Nov. 29, 2008. The 46 tourists returned to Shanghai on Saturday aboard a Dragonair flight. They had to drive to Phuket island, more than 1,000 km south of Bangkok, to be flown to Hong Kong and then the Chinese mainland