Posted
on July 27, 2008
Beijing Government Put Transportation Sector on High Terror Alert for the 2008
Summer Games
In view of the “unsurpassed”
terror threat to the Beijing Olympics to kick off next month,
security of air, rail and long-distance bus transport have been put
on high alert in the city.
China Civil Aviation
Administration has announced that no plane would be allowed to take
off or land at the Beijing International Airport from 7 pm to
midnight on the opening day of the Olympic ceremony on August 8.
Domestic and foreign airlines
had been notified about the move and flights would be rescheduled to
minimize inconvenience to passengers, an Administration spokesman
said.
Taking the security to a
higher level, armed policemen with dogs began patrolling round the
clock at the capitals four railway stations, including the
yet-to-be-opened one in the southern district.
China says terror is the
biggest threat to the Beijing Olympics and it is even “unsurpassed”
in the Olympic history. A raft of measures is already in force but
they were being reinforced in recent weeks.
At the Beijing West Railway
Station, a major terminal, passengers were asked to taste liquids
they were carrying or were being inspected with a special detector
handset to
identify their contents.
“The detector will show if the
liquid is alcohol or gasoline,” a police officer in charge of the
security check was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Security checks are carried
out at the entrance to the subway station with every piece of
baggage X-rayed and banned substances like banana oil and paint
taken out.
Source: The National Terror
Alert Center
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Another Airline Casualty: Aloha Airline
By
JoAnne Green
March 31, 2008
Seeing a decal of a bird of paradise flower on Aloha
Airline’s tail often brought me good memories of good old
days of inter-island hoping during the early 1980s. We, a
bunch of young working college people in Oahu, would get in
line in front of the Aloha Airline counter to get our
tickets to either Maui or Big Island for a 3-day holiday
weekend. We each paid about $US45.00 round trip to
Maui and $US65.00 to
Big
Island. Of
course, we often selected the least busy time of the day to
get such low prices. No advanced reservations needed. We
benefited from fierce competition between Aloha Air and
Hawaiian Air in those days.
On
April 1, 2008, Aloha Airline will cease its operation
completely after a long financial struggle since 2004. There are no
longer any working online reservations through
Aloha Airlines.
Travelers who have booked tickets for future trips can contact
either
United Airlines or
Hawaiian Airlines to rebook their
tickets. Neither
United Airlines or
Hawaiian Airlines promise to honor all
Aloha’s tickets.
Aloha!!!
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Copyright (c) JoAnne Green
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