BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing’s new $63 billion Daxing airport began its first scheduled international flights on Sunday as it ramped up operations to help relieve pressure on the city’s existing Capital airport. An inner view of the terminal hall of the newly launched Daxing International Airport on the outskirts of …
Spend less time in line and more time, well, anywhere other than the airport, with these apps and government programs. I love flying, but I hate airports. Specifically, I hate the endless lines. Lines to check in, lines for security, lines for passport control, and then at the other end, …
Beijing (CNN) — As Beijing’s new, multibillion-dollar airport opened with great fanfare last Wednesday, a piece of China’s history quietly closed its doors on the other side of the city. The country’s very first airport, Nanyuan Airport, shut its doors for good on September 25, the same date that Beijing’s new $11.5 …
China’s new $11bn (£8.8bn) mega airport has opened its doors, days before the country’s 70th anniversary celebrations. The Daxing International Airport in the capital Beijing was formally opened by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday. The airport spans 700,000 square metres, or 98 football fields, says state media outlet China Daily. Beijing’s …
DALLAS (AP) — Airline customer-service agents say they often get verbal threats from passengers, and sometimes they turn into physical confrontations. The agents say alcohol, airline fees and long lines can anger passengers. The Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday that more than half the 104 agents it surveyed reported threats …
Huge lines at airport security can be a nuisance or a disaster, depending on what time you show up for your flight. To know what you’re up against, Upgraded Points conducted a study that looked at data on Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wait times at America’s 25 busiest airports in 2018 to …
Officials said service was restored after about two hours but travelers then faced long waits to be processed. A computer system used to usher arriving passengers through customs at airports suffered a nationwide failure for a couple of hours on Friday, causing ripples of delays and leaving frustrated travelers waiting …
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has opened a new international airport on a one-month trial basis to service the city which will become the country’s new capital from mid-2020. The Capital International Airport is located some 70 km (44 miles) to the east of Cairo and is intended to relieve pressure …
Work is completed on Beijing Daxing International Airport New airport designed to accommodate 72 million fliers by 2025 Beijing’s second international airport has been completed — and it’s expected to become one of the world’s busiest. Workers walk through the terminal building. Photographer: STR/AFP via Getty Images Designed to take the …
The sweeping approach along a slick set of motorway junctions is convincing enough – although there is curiously little traffic. Then, the main terminal building comes into view – its statement entrance with huge expanses of glass and exits from a large railway station below emerging into a piazza in …
Phuket, Thailand (CNN) — It’s 9:55 a.m. and all’s quiet on Phuket’s Mai Khao Beach. Tourists stand on the shoreline, scanning the cloud-free skies for approaching aircraft, some looking at their phones for flight data. As the blurry form in the distance begins to take shape, the crowds scatter across the …
Qantas ditches idea of including bunks, beds, creche and gym Sydney-London non-stop to be more spartan, if it takes off Flights half way around the globe are set to be even less comfortable than expected — that’s if the marathon 20-hour non-stop services from Sydney to London get off the …