Terminal 3 opens at Beijing Capital airport

To the new, Norman Foster designed, Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital airport to pick up Rebecca and Claire. Only a few airlines have moved into the terminal this month and the British Airways light from London was the only one arriving at the international section of the terminal this morning.

The terminal building is spectacular. At 3.5km long, it is reputed to be bigger than all five terminals at Heathrow put together. It was eerie walking round this gleaming, shining building with virtually nobody there. This week, on the 26th, all the other international airlines and a number of the big domestic carriers move in. The serene atmosphere we enjoyed this week will be shattered, never to return. I'm sure that it will be mayhem there for a while.