Originally Posted by
moondog
What airport was that? Where was it?
It was the original Beijing Capital Airport, when the new terminal was opened in 1998 (maybe 1999), it was closed but then re-opened as T1, with the new terminal being T2. Of course T3 was added later. Back in the early/mid 1990s, it was quite an experience, I think there were only three luggage carousels for international arrivals, but it actually worked pretty well, all things considered.....