On Sunday afternoon I headed back to the Beijing airport to meet up with three of my American co-workers and some of our Chinese business partners. We are visiting a branch office of the company we are working with in the city of Hefei: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hefei .
The airport was much busier this time but I had another "handler" to lead me through the process. It isn't really necessary at the Beijing airport as there are a lot of English speaking employees and signs, but it was nice to have him take me through the process.
One plus - no shoe removal required in security.
The flight from Beijing to Hefei was completely packed. On of my co-workers said he has seen them make additional room on an Air China flight by placing a folding lawn chari in the aisle. Fortunately, I did not have to take that route.
The flight service and airplane itself were all top notch. There were maybe 6 flight attendents covering the coach section and they served a complete hot meal (chicken or beef) like the old days in the US, despite it being only a 1.5 hr flight. The weirdest meal insert had to be the PawPaws. They had the consistency of a Twizzler and picture of a mint leaf on the oustide, but they weren't particularly minty nor sweet nor sour for that matter (I did not finish the bag).
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