29, Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 officially put into operation. Although many people had a chance to Yidufangrong, but the overwhelming media coverage but also people can not help it produce reverie.
This has a red pillars, golden roofs of the huge building from the south to the north, three kilometers long, the central area than the entire length of the Beijing Olympics should grow 0.6 kilometers, and its total floor area of 1.3 million square meters, including parking House is two times bigger than the Bird’s Nest.
British BBC reporter stationed in Beijing Capital International Airport T3 in their reports to evaluate the terminal, said: “It does not look like an airport terminal building, more like a small country.”
When an airport is no longer a big city a small bungalow, the entire flight and the journey will become a different feeling.
Because this time the airport has become an overall environment of open, just as the aircraft directly from a desert or a take-off, like the Peak. This will be their integration in the natural environment of the airport, it is adventurous and independent backpackers who roam the best starting point for the journey, just as those who complete and thorough as the city’s airport, for business travelers are most willing to accept the transit Station.
Air Hong Kong, one of countless people from around the world with a house to a strange space, which itself resembles a small world. In Fellini’s film “Toby damned”, the Rome airport on the show out of a Noah’s Ark-like scene: Arab kneel down to pray, the nuns pulled homely, Asians looking solemn, but a group of black children In the waiting area Tiaojie Wu. Of course, when a star appeared, the airport became a grand ceremony held at the modern religious sites.
In a modern major airports, or airports, a person can live a lifetime Zubu Chu F, in which the. Here are fed and watered, there was a place to live, there are places to sunbathe, there are places to chat, and even museums, massage parlors, specialty shops, to see newspapers and magazines around the world, there are interfaces to the Internet, there is a small forest, there is water, there are gardens, and even a monkey can see it. Such a fun place, of course, not merely as a plane to turn the aircraft passage, but let us come all over the world regardless of which airports, wants to see what fun.
Tokyo’s Narita airport: the waitresses are always trot all the way
In the like to travel around the eyes of film and television actor Hao Ding, “Japan’s more like an airport, office building” – This is the plane landed at Narita Airport in Japan to give him the greatest sense of time. When the plane landed, the airport is very quiet, no noise and a large number of domestic airports pick up people.
Usually left Narita airport, the tourists will not choose to take a taxi, because it probably 2,000 yuan to get to the city, most people will ride buses or the subway. Hao Ding said that in order to look at the scenery, he chose the bus. After buying tickets just to queue up the ground it was the bus luggage the young waitress to span the baggage carriages. In return empty-handed when they trot along, which is only 56 meters distance between. In the car leaving, service personnel will bow to the car until the car go very far. “They give people the feeling that was particularly active. Perhaps this and habits related to it, whenever they like to trot. But I also found that some service personnel professional smile, a little stiff, right, everyone is to keep the same smile, but not much though, she did not feel anything. “Hao Ding said.
In September 2006, column writer “peach of 11″ Qu Letang Japan. The last one before leaving the place – Narita Airport, she decided last shopping time. On the sale of cosmetics, tea and toy shops, the attitude of the attendants were very good, everything will be brought to his hands for the customer, but also to help guests get when things are trot, and even if only 34 meters apart. More people feel more comfortable that the “Peach of 11″ and bought three separate packaging of toys, attendants bring three things packed in a bag, the two the same bag again folded into a bag. As a convenient carrying Moreover the time to go back to give as gifts are also a separate bag. “Here all the counter sales are like this.”
At Narita Airport, Japan’s women’s modesty is also accentuates deportment. Hao Ding feels that, although the airport where people from all over the country, but it is best identified in Japanese women: a bit like sitting in class like, legs tightly closed, although the wear is not very new, but it is harmonious with the color clothes, speech soft-spoken, and people nod their heads when talking to will not live.
Japanese queue can be described as a scene, such as military training, like, stand very straight ranked team was also very straight face behind the person facing the back of the head in front, even if the turning, but also maintained a very rules of the formation. Hao Ding and said half-jokingly: “Japan’s triad, when smoking in public places, will single-handedly holding up a cigarette in one hand and portable ashtrays. So, today’s pace of development in Japan, but also it is not hard to understand.” (Ya-Jing)
Hong Kong International Airport: a highly efficient shopping center
Liang Tao on the bookshops in the declaration founding agency said: “Our city is not reading, or reading books but dare not admit, or at home surreptitiously reading” Ulysses “, and then in the subway to was forced to hold a “one minute manager” to avoid being ridiculed as a monster. “easy to see that Hong Kong really is a city full of coins taste. Perhaps that is why the Hong Kong only shopping paradise, only to let the mainland to Hong Kong every year fixed impulse shopping.
Yan Lin for the Hong Kong International Airport’s first impression is very luxurious, very comfortable, people are quite satisfied with the hardware and software. In particular, its duty-free shops, much like a ShoppingMall (shopping mall), many come to Hong Kong International Airport Terminal of the persons who are willing to reach a few hours in advance, because this is not only with the city of commodity prices flat, and even you can buy the city does not have anything. Yan Lin had a friend, fancy a Cartier diamond ring, but transferred all of the stores all over Hong Kong did not buy. Finally, there is a clerk recalled that the airport’s duty-free shops where you can look at. Finally, there really bought.
Of course, scoring an airport, airport personnel, the efficiency and attitude to respond to emergencies is the focus of travelers.
Early study in Mongolia, the Tang Rong is now working for themselves, as engaged in work on international trade, I often travel to each city, between States. “I readily picked up in the terminal building where targets of Hong Kong International Airport, a booklet, a concise statement of the specific model I’ve ever seen the making, not to mention people are always Unable to write to the” interpretation of “words.”
Time, Tang Rong and friends go to Hong Kong Law, not the plane, and his friends feel uncomfortable. When the plane landed, the friend had been so painful that out of a cold sweat. So Tangrong quickly find a Hong Kong International Airport security personnel, indicating their friends situation. After hearing the staff immediately to the local hospital called. Less than 20 minutes, an ambulance had to wait outside in the floor of the … … was later confirmed that a friend got acute pancreatitis. “I was really surprised in particular, and their efficiency really worth learning.” Tang Rong lamented.
In addition, the observation lounge of the Hong Kong people are also a very interesting thing, Hong Kong most of the girls carrying a Gucci or LV bag sort of brand-name, even if their monthly income of only 10000; those holding horses or the lottery reported , intently staring at TV watching horse race of men, do not ask, must be Hong Kong, if you happen to be lovers in this regard, it is very easy to find here, aficionados, and although their English is not very standard … … (Ya-Jing)
Schiphol Amsterdam Airport: transportation hub and a model of business culture
Aircraft, a landing, was in Amsterdam Hadahara high density surrounded by modern culture. Because Schiphol (Schipol) airport is almost no longer be an airport, but is designed to become a city, a real airport. Here are people that feel the atmosphere of a hurry hurry, but by an urban commercial life pleasant and easy atmosphere of the influence.
In the waiting, the Qin Dynasty of the original wonder why Hong Kong will hear the clang have bet the film, the original in the E and F between the two lounge areas, there are slot machines. And other aircraft, the adult customers will go there and go shopping, take a look at the eyes, there is no gambling gambling heart gall bladder is the majority reading this went away, but there are really two of the gamble on. Another high-profile casino lobby in the first, in that glittering gambling area, you will feel like arriving in Las Vegas. The Dutch indeed thoughtful, in order to make preparations for the flight without worrying about the wrong machine gamblers, their casino is also installed on the walls of the big guys and the clock, it was said the world’s only casino with a clock that is at Schiphol airport casino.
But if you think the culture of Amsterdam’s airport is only sensual pleasures it wrong, the reason why the Dutch public space at the airport this is also set up casinos, because they believe that people should be as much as possible to work, to make money, and then to enjoy spending as much as possible, this is the health and hygiene and every day life.
Therefore, the casino, the classical art is everywhere visible, Schiphol Airport is the world’s first tourists to visit the original airport in the classical master it. At Schiphol semi-open space of the museum, I saw Rembrandt’s authentic. These exhibits are from Amsterdam, the National Museum collection. Exhibits will be replaced from time to time, Rembrandt, Ferdinand Bor, Jan Steyn’s work is often seen to enter museum without tickets. (Yin Luo Bi)
Zambia Airport: similar to the temporary stop in China town train station
Flew from Johannesburg to Zambia, because of the flight angle of reasons, Rudy felt block erected up the African continent, and the smoke transpiration, in that there is a crack in a smoke from time to time sparkle Shuoshuo it is the famous Zambezi River has. That a huge fog, part of the river came from the famous Victoria Falls.
Is filled with a lot of fog this vast land, Rudy straight down the plane, almost do not see where is the airport, where is the jungle.
And so on down the plane, Rudy to see it to understand, the entire airport is a small piece of flat land and 1 Xiao Huang F, then F, only one layer, a little town flavor of the train temporary stops. The apron, only one plane, that is, they are just riding the plane. And he has visited other airports is different is that there is only one shop, selling local produce some of the handicraft, price is relatively inexpensive. There is also a local ground at the airport put out a stall, stall, though small, was to sell the seventies of the first day covers, the contents of Zambia first railway opened and a memorial such as a certain president, but also covered the 70s postmark, as precious, prices are also a lot of money. Come into contact with a local, he suddenly found that people in Zambia and South Africa were entirely different people high and thin, wearing a plain unusual. Then, Rudy was a bus they pulled through large tracts of jungle, and then into a zebra at the table with clean walk, while the black waiters are all dressed in white dress uniform of the hotel. Really in one go from the air into the jungle, from the jungles to the colonial-style resort hotel accelerated journey.
Plane from the airport to leave, Rudy they are required to pay 40 U.S. dollars per head tax, nor any formal explanation. “We have a line 12 people, each paying finished, the simplicity of the airport management staff that we just paid a seven personal money, so they have to pay up five individual poll tax. I am a black brother, money Zambia honest quest for such a simple and straightforward attitude of feeling appreciated. “Rudy is very serious ridicule Road. (Yin Luo Bi)
Kuala Lumpur Airport: Indoor jungle and small train
Wood from Beijing time, or early morning, put themselves “tied” in a chair to fly to Kuala Lumpur, already dazed by the afternoon. However, he felt a brand new Kuala Lumpur Airport (built in 1998) is indeed also an appropriate place in the afternoon arrived in large areas of glass to the sun in Southeast Asia were diverted to the interior, there is a clean, comfortable but lazy feeling.
International arrivals area, look to was the airport most worthy Napian tall dense jungle interior. Although the jungle is enclosed in a glass cone-shaped tower house, but the jungle atmosphere and the green is especially strong in the airport was filled.
Seen the indoor jungle, Wood on Quzuo “Little Train”, as the Kuala Lumpur Airport’s domestic terminal and international terminal is separate from, the domestic and international flights between the two flights will need a rail journey. Similar to the suburban airport in a small taste of the train dragged him along the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, palm and rubber trees deep green. Quickly to the domestic terminal, where more suitable for the afternoon arrival in the waiting area, almost all of the external walls of the entire piece of glass, slightly tilted, while the rest of the seating area away from the glass wall is also very close, large areas of the sun sprinkled on the waiting people.
The need to spend hours at the airport, where sunbathing is that Wood still waiting to take the 20:00 flight to East Malaysia. Waiting, a petite Chinese girl holding a small digital camera to go to him said, you are so middle of the night the plane do? Than we play take pictures bar. Then she put on a variety of strange shapes (such as lying on the floor) Let Wood to her photo sessions, as in, like a beach or park. (Yin Luo Bi)
Airport, the most
Creativity of the most unique
Good clean out of the Japanese is the name. Central Japan International Airport, the male can be considered a must, can be described as full play to the minds of the Japanese love of clean and bold ideas. Careful observation is not difficult to discover, male urinal stuck in a small circular sticker 3cm in diameter, although small, yet leaving all the men are aiming to play the skill to maintain the cleanliness of toilet. Such a magic bullet, no wonder the male would be so clean and organize.
Scale of the smallest
Accustomed to seeing a bright and spacious modern airport, and then to Zimbabwe, the airport, you will be surprised.
Rarely able to see a band, “electricity” of the apparatus, all the equipment is very old, just like the movies came to the old railway station in Shanghai in general, and even said that baggage scales are used in the past years the kind of shop m . In a hot climate, people crowded under the ceiling fans to enjoy the coolness, kept trained on only.
After the security check would be the same organization to a place like the playground, in turn claim their luggage. To be confirmed later, will be loading, transport to the aircraft. Although the terminal conditions are not very good here, but here and morals is very honest, very few incidents of theft occurred.
The most frenzied shopping
If you have the opportunity to Dubai airport transit, money in their pockets may not control a little bit. Luxury goods ranging. One of the most worthy to buy watches should be, there are all the world’s most famous watch brands including Rolex, Omega, Cartier, Jaeger LeCoultre, Propack, Longines and so on, because there does not levy luxury watch tax the price is definitely exciting. In addition, the gold ornaments and cigarettes are also favored by tourists, because there’s a lot cheaper than the domestic price of gold, and fine workmanship, the style is also very local characteristics. As for cigarettes, whether it is a camel, 555, Marlboro these foreign cigarettes, or China and other Chinese cigarettes, prices have been almost exclusively domestic half.
Enjoy the height
Singapore Changi Airport is the world’s only appreciated as five-star airport, was also named the best leisure facilities in 2006, the best place of the first transfer. Recreation facilities, everything, movie theaters, theme gardens, XBOX, rest rooms, playgrounds, outdoor swimming room, hair salon, massage and other SPA. In addition, if passenger traffic more than 5 hours or more, you can register for free 2-hour city sightseeing tour.