(Yicai Global) Aug. 26 -- Forty-eight airport check-in counters were briefly offline following a network equipment failure yesterday morning, and several flights were affected. The system returned to normal at 11.7 a.m. after repairs the same day, the system supplier China TravelSky, a large-scale Chinese airport operation system supplier, said in a statement yesterday.

Some passengers could not board their planes because of the check-in system failure, they said on social media yesterday morning, The Paper reported.

Beijing-based TravelSky, which is a unit of state-backed China TravelSky Holding, has built departure systems, passenger operation management systems and security inspection information systems for most Chinese civil airports.

Some of the check-in counters in 48 of the 240 airports that TravelSky serves were affected yesterday, but the online check-in service, mobile check-in service and self-service check-in equipment as well as security inspection and baggage systems operated normally, per the statement.

The gremlin was caused by a network equipment failure, which delayed 14 flights from four airports, the statement added.

TravelSky Technology [HKG:0696] closed down 0.96 percent at HKD15.48 (USD2) for a HKD45.7 billion (USD5.9 billion) market cap this morning.

Editor: Ben Armour