China reschedules ports of entry for 4 international flights previously set to arrive in Beijing

21:26, March 19, 2020

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  Diverting international flights to neighboring airports to guard Beijing

  A Boeing 747-8 in Daxing International Airport in Beijing. (Photo: IC)Starting Monday, all international flights to Beijing must first divert to one of 12 Chinese cities before they are allowed to enter the capital, Chinas Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) said Sunday amid mounting headlines brought on by lengthy lines of arriving passengers in the city.CAAC said the move would better ensure no new cases broke out in Beijing. The capital city is burdened with becoming the frontline against imported cases and rising epidemics overseas, Chinese analysts said.The new civil aviation standard requires all international passengers whose destination is Beijing to undergo quarantine inspection and go through immigration at one of the 12 designated entry points in the other cities.Only those passengers deemed to meet the boarding requirements after quarantine inspection can board their flights to their original destination of Beijing.The 12 cities include Shanghai, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang of North Chinas Hebei Province, Taiyuan of North Chinas Shanxi Province, Zhengzhou of North Chinas Henan Province and Jinan and Qingdao in East Chinas Shandong Province.An independent aviation market watcher who asks for anonymity told the Global Times on Sunday that the status of Beijing was "most important.""That should be the primary consideration to ensure zero new confirmed cases of COVID19 in the capital city," he said.CAAC had said that Beijing Capital International Airport has become the frontline against an overseas epidemic and imported cases.The move would relieve pressure on the countrys capital city, which was the first choice for many passengers as many flights to other Chinese cities were suspended, Wang Yanan, chief editor of Aerospace Knowledge magazine, told the Global Times on Sunday."Epidemic prevention and control in Beijing airports would be diverted to these 12 entry points and...

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  China redirects Beijing-bound international flights to other domestic airports

  BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China will redirect all international flights scheduled to arrive in its capital Beijing to airports in 12 other Chinese cities from Monday, the countrys aviation regulator said Sunday.Photo: CGTNInternational passengers flying to Beijing will instead land in airports in 12 cities including Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing and Shenyang as their first points of entry, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a joint statement with other four government departments.Passengers will go through customs clearance and quarantine at these airports, and those having passed quarantine inspection can fly to Beijing on their original flights, it said.Beijing reported 13 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) imported from other countries on Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases in the capital to 97. For the Chinese mainland, the total number of imported cases has reached 314.The entry arrangements for the Beijing-bound international flights will be adjusted in a timely manner in accordance with the COVID-19 outbreak situation, the statement said.

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  Beijing now sorts arriving intl passengers

  Inbound travelers wait to register their information at the New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing's Shunyi district on Tuesday. All arriving travelers are required to register.Forty-seven transfer zones for provinces across the country and districts in the capital had been set up with