CHINA: Beijing Airport scales back flights, citing safety

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Updated August 22, 2007 20:08:32

China's civil aviation authority, the CAAC, has decided to scale back flights at Beijing airport for safety reasons, and to suspend applications for new airlines until 2010.

Presenter: Xiaoning Mo
Speakers: Peter Harbison, Chairman of Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation; Tom Ballantyne, chief correspondent of Orient Aviation Magazine

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