20080113

Priority Travel News: Beijing threatens to get tough on airline delays ahead of Olympics

China has threatened tough punishment for chronically late local airlines before this year's Beijing Olympics. The move by the Civil Aviation Administration of China comes amid concerns that badly strained airports and airlines may not be able to cope with the visitors expected to flood into Beijing and other cities for the Games, which open on August 8.
The government has invested huge financial and political capital in an event that will symbolise China's emergence as a modern nation, and is expected to attract more than 500,000 people from abroad. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News