Quiet Terminal 3
News July 19th, 2008
Looks like Beijing’s gorgeous new Terminal 3 will be pretty quiet on August 8!
Airlines are being told to stay away from Beijing’s airport during the opening ceremony of the Olympics and further scrutiny is being applied to foreign entertainers in the latest security moves ahead of next month’s games.
No official announcement has been made, but local media and airlines said Friday that the Beijing airport will close for about four hours during the opening ceremony, affecting dozens of flights.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific said it would postpone one flight after receiving word from Chinese authorities recently that the airport would be closed during the opening ceremony, set to begin at the auspicious time of 8 p.m. on Aug. 8.
“We are being informed that the Beijing International Airport will be closed from 7 p.m. to midnight,” Cathay Pacific spokeswoman Carolyn Leung said in Hong Kong.
An unnamed spokesman from Beijing Capital Airport denied these reports, though, and insists that all flights into Beijing will be welcomed.
Via China to halt flights for Olympic launch - CNN.com
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To maintain the peace and quiet in the skies above Beijing?
And I suppose you can’t take any chances with terrorists roaming the place. But why only 4 hours? Why not close it for 22 days then the games would be really really secure.
They just seem to have lost the plot altogether.