After Beijing, this aircraft was going to make its long flight to San Francisco. I had the pleasure of flying with Air China from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Beijing Capital Airport (China) on one of their brand new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, and Shanghai Pudong International Airport are the other two hub airports for Air China. Second biggest terminal to Dubai and you can fit all of Heathrow’s five terminals inside it – and still manage to have 17% to spare! Air China occupies part of the main terminal with their separate domestic and international terminals.

In 2009 it was voted by Conde Nast magazine as the most popular airport in the world. The third largest building in the world, Beijing Airport is second only to Atlanta in terms of passenger movements in the world.

In addition to flying to London Heathrow from Beijing, the airline will take advantage of the high number of Chinese, British, and foreign visitors travelling to London from Beijing.īeijing Capital Airport is the hub for Air China, and Air China Cargo. Air China’s latest destination in May 2012 will be London Gatwick Airport. Air China operates to 185 destinations around the world (including domestically in China), with a fleet of 285 aircraft (with another 258 aircraft on order, including 15 new Boeing 787-7 aircraft). Air China ( 中國國際航空公司) is the national flag carrier of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and operates full international and domestic scheduled air services for the carriage of passengers, freight, and mail and the provision of ancillary services.

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