T3 open for business

Michael Wester | Feb 29, 2008 1:30 pm | Add a comment | 1542 reads

T3 – No, not the Arnold Schwarzenegger film but the Beijing Airport’s new mega-terminal -- opened for flights last night at midnight.

The massive new airport has 3 concourses:

Concourse C will be for:

-- Domestic check-in
-- Domestic Departures
-- Domestic baggage claim
-- International check-in
-- International baggage claim

Concourse D will be for:

-- Olympic and Paralympic Games charter flights (for the time being)

Concourse E will be for:

-- International departures
-- International arrivals

Flights from the following airlines began using T3 last night:

-- British Airways
-- El Al Israel Airlines
-- Qantas Airways
-- Qatar Airways
-- Shandong Airlines
-- Sichuan Airlines

Moving on March 26 at midnight are the following:

-- Air Canada
-- Air China
-- Air Macau
-- All Nippon Airways
-- Asiana Airlines
-- Austrian Airlines
-- Cathay Pacific Airways
-- Dragonair
-- Egypt Air
-- Emirates
-- Finnair
-- Japan Airlines
-- Lufthansa
-- S7 Airlines
-- Scandinavian Airlines
-- Shanghai Airlines
-- Singapore Airlines
-- Thai Airways
-- Turkish Airlines
-- United Airlines