Originally Posted by moondog

TMK, CAAC itself is calling the shots here, so it might as well be Beijing.

As an aside, I've been pondering (and reading various WeChat accounts about) why they want to do this. The only two theories that seem somewhat plausible to me so far are: 1. to better protect Shanghai; and 2. to relieve pressure on q hotel capacity.

#1 doesn't make a great deal of sense to me because, presumably, the affected passengers who wanted to go to Shanghai would still make their way anyway after their quarantines are finished. Let's say they go with, Wuxi, for example; that's not much further from Central Shanghai than PVG.

My issue with #2 is that the number of incoming passengers has remained more or less constant for the past year and I haven't heard of any hotel availability crisis situations yet. If they were to increase capacity in a material manner, I could envision issues. However, I've seen no indications that this is in the works.

But, another way to max out q hotel rooms would be to increase the duration of the quarantine (e.g. going from 14 days to 28 days would presumably double the demand). This is something that I could see happening.

Your thoughts?