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Q: So you thought the Airport was Bad?
From the front page
The lazy worker and the conveyor belt is not unexpected
I can remember seeing my suit case being unloaded and watching the China Southern guy throw it over his head along with everybody elses bags
One passenger videoed some of it
Now I think it is company policy not to unload baggage till the passengers are of the plane and can't see.
What is your Airport story?
10 years 45 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - China
Last year every flight I took was late or redirected. My incoming flight was on time and they wouldn't give me my ticket even though I had 30 minutes to catch my next flight. They did get me on another flight, but then it was too late to get anything out of Gz.
When I went home my flight sat for 5 hours on the run way and I had a 2 hour wait in Beijing for the flight to Canada. They must have held the international flight and we made up time, they brought me in separate from the runway to my gate.
A flight to Shenzhen was diverted to GZ, it took 5 hours to get my baggage. My GF wouldn;t listen to me that I knew how to get to HK by bus 58(?) or train,we ended up taking a cab to HK. Same thing coming home, my Shenzhen flight was 5 hours late.
Beijing came third in the satisfaction ratings. I can only suggest the poll was corrupted as I absolutely detest that airport. Only consolation is that Shenzhen may be worse as, of all the flights I have got from there, only one has been on time.
I love Hong Kong Airport, it is the best way to fly in and out of China (or an area near to China) It is the airport in the world (after Frankfurt probably) that I have been to most often and there has never been as much as a glitch.
Domestic flights in China are generally very prone to cancelations and delays.
Luckily, in my few years here I haven't yet to experience anything too bad whilst travelling on the plane in China. My qualms usually derive from passengers who ignore the rules like switching off their phones, walking around during taxi etc. I know your question is referring to airports but hey ho.
Back in 2002 and not long after the 9/11 attack in the USA, I took a flight from Haerbin to Dalian. Whilst in Haerbin, I went to visit some farmers just the other side of the Inner Mongolia border with Heilongjiang. I was taken to a Mongolian yurt for lunch and presented with a dagger that had a blade on it that must have been at least 9" long. The purpose of the knife was for carving lamb but the farmers gave it to me as a gift when I left. I put this knife into briefcase and genuinely forgot all about it. It was still under some files in my briefcase when I passed security at Haerbin Airport. The guy at the x-ray machine completely missed this huge cutting implement (fortunately for me but a perfect indictment of the security diligence). I opened my briefcase at the hotel in Dalian and my first reaction was "Oh My God".
