Flights to Beijing

Flights > Asia > China > Beijing > (PEK) Beijing flights summary: PEK is the generic code for Beijing, taking its derivation from the city's former name of Peking. Local authorities are now pushing the use of the code BJS, representing Beijing capital airport. A new terminal facility, designed by British architect Lord Foster, is being built on the current site of the city's main airport. Beijing in a nutshell: The quaint Beijing of Blue Peter expeditions and Wham videos has been swept aside in a building frenzy geared to getting the city ready for the 2008 Olympics.

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Mini Guide to Beijing

Rush-hour in the ancient Chinese capital used to consist of an army of cyclists heading to and from work, but gradually the car is taking over. New roads are springing up all over town and the car dealerships are having a field day.

The gleaming glass offices and hotels mask an unrivalled historic core which stretches back over 3,000 years. The Great Wall, one of the world’s great sights, is just north of the city. Much of the Communist architecture seen in and around the city centre is built on an awesome scale that befits a city of this size – 12 million and counting.

Luckily the splendid Forbidden City, former home to the great Ming and Qin dynasties, is untouched by Maoist vulgarity. The heart of Beijing is Tiananmen Square, best known for all the wrong reasons as the sight of the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators by the army in 1989.

Unfortunately Beijing suffers some of the worst weather in China. The best time to visit is in autumn, when it is relatively dry and warm. It gets bitterly cold in the winter, exasperated by freezing winds that blow down from Mongolia. Temperatures ease in the spring, but those howling winds remain. The summer months tend to be hot and humid.

Affordable accommodation used to be very hard to come by, but the situation is improving all the time. There are now a number of good value hotels in the city centre.
 

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Beijing Flight News

• New Beijing airport terminal opens - 29/02/2008
• BA unveils new Club World cabin in China - 04/12/2007

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Flights to China - Other Cities

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