Chinese Airlines Will Be On Time, Or Else
With the Olympics on the way, China is extremely concerned about making it a good experience for the expected influx of tourists. As well as improving Chinglish signs, having extra English lessons for hospitality staff and even sending some flight attendants on exchange to learn how to please us, the Civil Aviation Administration branch in China has just released a set of extremely strict guidelines for airlines in the period leading up to and during the Beijing games.
Among other measures, airlines that aren't punctual will not be allowed to continue to fly the routes that are underperforming; starting in July, airlines which fail the punctuality standards will be suspended from flying those routes for three months. (Obviously they haven't thought of this over in Britain or there wouldn't be any airlines left in the air.)
There are a bunch of other rules that airlines have to adhere to, including taking sole responsible for baggage handling to prevent theft, not overbooking seats between July and September this year, and at major airports, keeping one or two planes on stand-by in case of extra passengers or problems with another plane. It sounds like traveling around China during the Olympic season will run like clockwork. Or are we being a bit idealistic here?
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