Beijing Capital International Airport has hit back at criticism from a business website that it was one of the worst in the world.

Dong Zhiyi, general manager of the Beijing Capital International Airport, told Xinhua on Jan. 23 that official statistics showed that 86.28 percent of the flights taking off there were on schedule, refuting claims from Forbes.com that it was the second worst airport in the world.

"At Beijing Capital International Airport, which is expanding in preparation for the summer Olympics later this year, just 33 percent of its flights took off on time in 2007, putting it just behind Brasilia on our list of worst departures," said the article on the U.S. website on Jan. 14.

Dong said that the airport did not deserve its poor ranking from Forbes.com, adding that even between June and August in 2007, when Beijing saw frequent thunderstorms, 84.88 percent of the flights arrived and left as scheduled.