Tuesday, December 30, 2008

New Beijing Capital International Airport



This is the new Beijing Capital International Airport. I was rushed for the 2008 Olympic game in Beijing. It is cery much bigger and more organised than the old airport. 

I think the old airport is just next to the new airport. The old airport is currently used for other purposes.


These are check-in counters. There are many airlines and hundreds of flights organised within each day. This photo was taken from the restaurant before the check-in counter.


We arrived the airport few hours before the check-in time. This is because we were taking the domestic transit via Beijing. It is safer to have at least 4 hours transit time in China because flight delayed is very common. 

The worst case is sometime some local China airlines may at the last minute cancelled the flight. Then it will give you a lot of problem. A few of my friends encountered this before. So, always call to confirm your flight 4 - 6 hours before the flight (for domestic transit).


This is after the imigration custom. It is very quite now because the flight is schedule at 12.10 am midnight. During day time, there will be many people waiting here. 


This is a little Chinese style garden in the airport. It is also because the photo was taken at midnight, that's why I manage to take this photo without people in the scene. 


At the other corner, there is another Japanese style shop. I am not sure what there are selling, because the shop was already closed.


This is the fountain at the middle of the departure hall. Immediately after the imigration custom. 

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Berjaya Air to Tioman







Subang Airport
This is one of the airplane of Berjaya Air. We were waiting on the boarding area of the Subang Airport. This is a propeller type engine airplane and nowadays not many this type of airplane still servicing in Malaysia.
This is a small plane and it is capable of carrying 100 to 150 passengers.



Subang Airport
At the other side of the airport, there is another plane belongs to FireFly airline. This is one of the budget airline service in Malaysia other than AirAsia. It is also a propeller type engine plane.



Tioman Island Airport
It is a very small airport. If I am not mistaken, there is only one runway in the airport. There are few helicopters in the airport upon our arrival.
On top of that, I think it is only servicing Berjaya Airway, which no other airline is flying to Tioman Island.


Tioman Island Airport
This photo was taken when we were about to leave Tioman Island. Berjaya Air only fly a few trips to Tioman Island a day. There is a free shuttle service available from the airport to Berjaya Tioman Resort.

If there is any change of schedule, the resort reception will be notofied such that you don't need to waste your time waiting in airport. Instead, you can enjoy your time in the resort.