American Airlines will start flying to the world’s biggest airport as of next spring.
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Wandering Scholar (nee Shanghai Flyer) has a review of flying out of this airport on YouTube. It seems like there is a good rail connection to central Beijing and the lounges seem nice. I think this may well be an upgrade for AA passengers.
I live in Beijing, relatively centrally located (for foreigners). It takes me 20-30 mins to PEK, but would take me 75-90 to PKX. The connection from the Central Business District and for major companies is bad, basically only by car. There is a new train from PKX towards the city, but it stops at only one subway line which still takes additional time on top of the train ride.
Seeing more and more international airlines moving to PKX doesn’t help... Probably saving some money there as the airport is huge and empty.
I visited PKX this past January, and it was an enormous upgrade to PEK along all dimensions, including: Terminal architecture; sense of place; amenities and restaurants; and especially with regards to transport into the city. PKX is on the southwest side of the city, on the opposite side of town from PEK, in a relatively undeveloped area, whereas the PEK - downtown corridor is one of the most congested urban areas in the world. It took me 20 minutes to ride to PKX from downtown in an empty bus, whereas PEK to the city took 90+ hellish minutes in a bus 100% full with coughing people, and luggage blocking the aisles (note my HU flight arrived into PEK Terminal 1, and there was no train to PKX yet at the time, so bus was the only way to connect). People actually post selfies from PKX, because the common areas are so cool-looking. I'll choose PKX over PEK whenever possible from now on.
I’m sure the Bankruptcy will end the route before it starts. I don’t feel sorry for them because they decided to waste all their profit on buy backs vs paying down debt.
I don't see the possibility of AA actually resuming service to China any time soon, not to mention DL's return to Beijing is aimed at next summer as well, and even that is still quite optimistic.
Big deal. Take a 300RMB taxi ride.
The main terminal at PEK was nice but when American moved to a secondary terminal it felt like LaGuardia.
Not the cost but more about the time. It takes much less time to go to Capital and is much smaller and more convenient. And what you forget about the 300 RMB is that it is relative pricing. 300 RMB for an airport taxi ride in China is more than three times that to Capital and for China in comparison to the distance in other cities is expensive.
Lars, going from chaoyang to beijing xi probably would only take 30 mins and train is 20 mins... pretty easy. But not everyone lives in cbd/chaoyang.
It is the greatest airport I've visited by far. I also visited new IST, but I think PKX has better lounges, more opened stores, and 5G signals and automated services, including ID check and check baggage.