Comments on: Express air service between Beijing and Shanghai launched http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/08/07/express-air-service-between-beijing-and-shanghai-launched.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:23:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/08/07/express-air-service-between-beijing-and-shanghai-launched.html#comment-755 Chris Devonshire-Ellis Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:09:44 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/08/07/express-air-service-between-beijing-and-shanghai-launched.html#comment-755 Well thats great news. I for one always found the delayed flights announcements "The flight is delayed because of the aircraft delay" a little uninformative. But they just don't announce things they must also have known about weeks in advance. On a trip to Macao for a weekend, departing Pudong mid afternoon Friday to catch the very wonderful Madredeus in concert there that evening, I had the best house tickets. All looked good as we boarded the flight - only to sit on the tarmac for four hours as the Chinese air force were conducting exercises over the intended flight path. Missed the entire concert. They MUST have known that would happen. In fact the recent Chinese Aviation Authority technique of letting people board planes they know are going to face serious delays so the airport doesn't get jammed up is a disgrace. There's nothing to do on an airplane - at least in the departure lounge you can go sit in starbucks. Hopefully the new express service will actually be OK - China's domestic flights have been constantly having scheduling problems this past 18 months. Well thats great news. I for one always found the delayed flights announcements “The flight is delayed because of the aircraft delay” a little uninformative. But they just don’t announce things they must also have known about weeks in advance. On a trip to Macao for a weekend, departing Pudong mid afternoon Friday to catch the very wonderful Madredeus in concert there that evening, I had the best house tickets. All looked good as we boarded the flight - only to sit on the tarmac for four hours as the Chinese air force were conducting exercises over the intended flight path. Missed the entire concert. They MUST have known that would happen. In fact the recent Chinese Aviation Authority technique of letting people board planes they know are going to face serious delays so the airport doesn’t get jammed up is a disgrace. There’s nothing to do on an airplane - at least in the departure lounge you can go sit in starbucks. Hopefully the new express service will actually be OK - China’s domestic flights have been constantly having scheduling problems this past 18 months.

]]> By: China Law Blog http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/08/07/express-air-service-between-beijing-and-shanghai-launched.html#comment-746 China Law Blog Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:18:17 +0000 http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2007/08/07/express-air-service-between-beijing-and-shanghai-launched.html#comment-746 <strong>Shanghai-Beijing Air Express...</strong> Just about every time I go to China I go to both Shanghai and Beijing and I hate the commute between those two cities because each leg usually takes a couple hours longer than it should. I will be doing this trip next month and I am dreading it a...... Shanghai-Beijing Air Express…

Just about every time I go to China I go to both Shanghai and Beijing and I hate the commute between those two cities because each leg usually takes a couple hours longer than it should. I will be doing this trip next month and I am dreading it a……

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