Posted on 04/29/2015 6:42:20 AM PDT by C19fan
The number of Chinese tourists eager to travel the world has risen dramatically over the last few years, and Beijing International Airport is launching the world's biggest terminal to cope with the substantial increase. Opening in 2018, the gigantic Terminal 1 will cover 700,000 square metres, and is set to handle 45million passengers a year. Renown British-Iraqi architect, Zaha Hadid, has collaborated with airport developers ADPI to create a six-tier concept which aims to decrease customer walking distances, and increase connectivity.
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This will be Beijing’s 4th new airport in the last 40 years.
Yes, the country is growing and developing, with more travelers and tourists, but its also yet another political glory project, from the masters of top-down economics, the Chinese Communist Party.
The good old days when the two US flag carriers dominated around the world. I was stationed in Spain fro 68-72..and flew both of them quite often. PanAm WAS the overseas image of the USA back then..and the stewardesses were all drop dead gorgeous..I dated one on and off for a year..lucky me..
To put it in perspective, this is 1/111th the size of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. But DFW has multiple terminals plus runway space.
I remember that TWA terminal at JFK in the early to mid 1970’s.
I heard the architect was inspired to create that design one morning while he was eating a grapefruit for breakfast.
The lines between each chunk of grapefruit must have been his inspiration.
It was a beautiful terminal, with the red carpeting everywhere and the overall futuristic look of the place.
I envy you for having the opportunity to date a Pan Am stewardess!
More and more Chinese tourists are visiting Maine.
The tourist boards here believe it’s connected to the recent nonstop flights that were inaugurated between Boston and Beijing.
On the local news late last summer, they showed a man who owns a lobster boat. He was giving a Chinese family a tour of the Maine coast near his base of operations, and demonstrated lobster fishing to his paying guests.
The Chinese were fascinated by the lobsters, which they called “dragon prawn.”
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