Originally Posted by
Shareholder
BTW hope you're packing respirators. Air is hot, humid and foul in the summer...with no Olympic shut downs to be expected this year!
Just moved to Beijing after the Olympics, and am experiencing the new traffic control rule, which 80,000+ cars are taken off the road each day. It is quite surprising the see air quality improves over what I had experienced last year as a visitor. Best of all, it is taking less than half of the time to get to work.
Originally Posted by
Shareholder
I suspect the Chinese economy will be tanking any time now, and particularly the segment relying on cheap exports. This means far less business travel by NAmerican and European folks contracting products and thus a severe cut back in the number of seats across the Pacific to all Chinese destinations. This will make the slump in SEAsia a decade ago look like a blip!
Originally Posted by
anacapamalibu
Unfortunately its already started.
Originally Posted by
N830MH
Says what?
Financial crisis is having a profound impact in China already. However, it is hard to read the impact. I am certain the export centric industries (accounts for 1/3 of China's GDP) is tanking.
Originally Posted by
yogi
hmmm. My first class *A award seat on March 2nd is looking unlikely.
If they do cancel, what are my options on this award (which is 1/2 flown)?
Date change? Route change?
Outbound or inbound?
IAD-ORD/SFO-PEK will be the most likely option, but I would prefer IAD-NRT-PEK on NH.