A resident of Haikou, capital of China's Hainan province, plans to sue a travel agency after he missed his flight to Beijing earlier this month.

The man, surnamed Ke, said it was to be his maiden flight and the travel agency, where he purchased the air ticket, did not inform him that he had to reach the airport 45 minutes before departure.

Ke was refused permission to board the flight, which was scheduled to take-off at 12.30 pm, when he arrived at the airport at 12.10 pm.