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安普若
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头衔: 海归元勋
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加入时间: 2004/02/21
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来自: 中国美国的飞机上
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作者：安普若 在 海归商务 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
看看下面这篇报道（今天的USA TODAY上的BUSINESS SECTION的头版头条）就知道了。这两天真是疯了一样地抢机票啊！
前两天我在海归论坛上发了一个贴子，问大家有什么办法买到去中国的机票。谢谢大家的热心回答，我几乎把所有办法都试过了。JAL我也定票了，AIR CANADA我也试过了（尽管I HATE AIR CANADA）。KOREAN AIR的票也定了。但不是时间不好，就是要转两次甚至三次机，要不就是奇贵无比。
我仍然还是想买CHICAGO到北京的直飞的航班。但，这个航班两千美元以下的机票，想都不要想！
谢天谢地，这两天国内又闹“非典”了（这可以给中国过热的经济降降温了），估计可能会有在LAST MINUTE CHICKEN OUT的家伙。所以今天一早就打电话到我认识的一个旅行社去，让他们在计算机帮我等票。每十分钟查一次，终于一张5月9日的位子蹦出来了，但要转两次（Chicago -> San Francisco -> Tokyo -> Beijing）。等到刚才，大概11点。终于10日的一个（Chicago ->Tokyo -> Beijing）的位子出来了。赶紧抢下！终于抢到了一张机票！还好，不贵US$950。比我定的JAL的便宜多了。
“非典”也没帮我什么忙。现在人们都不怕了。整个一个上午，只有两三个位子重新AVAILABLE。人们都成熟了。
下面这个文章讲，明年AMERICAN AIRLINE要开CHICAGO到上海的直飞航线了。那将会好多了，但要等到明年啊。
Get ready for more flights to China
By Marilyn Adams, USA TODAY
Negotiators for the United States and China appear to be on the verge of greatly expanding the 108 weekly flights now permitted between them.
An Air China Boeing 737 taxis at Beijing's airport last year.
By Greg Baker, AP file
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Transportation have been meeting with Chinese counterparts monthly since February in pursuit of an agreement to expand flights to meet the needs of the nations' burgeoning trade. Talks are set to resume Tuesday in Beijing.
A major new deal is possible this week, and top DOT officials are eager for one.
"We have an agreement that no longer serves the needs of our economies," says Jeff Shane, DOT's undersecretary for policy.
China has become America's top Asian trading partner, eclipsing Japan. Yet a 24-year-old agreement limits the number of weekly round-trip flights to 108 — half by American carriers, half by the Chinese. By contrast, airlines fly 300 round trips a week between the USA and Japan.
United and Northwest airlines are the only U.S. passenger carriers allowed to fly between the USA and China, and only United flies non-stop. Federal Express and UPS have rights for cargo planes.
Mo Garfinkle, a Washington, D.C.,-based airline consultant who advises the Chinese, said air traffic was sparse before China blossomed into an economic powerhouse. In addition, he says, "the Chinese were also very restrictive about who they allowed in." But China-U.S. trade has leaped to $170 billion last year from $4.8 billion in 1980. U.S. companies have invested nearly $500 billion in China.
These days, demand is such that it can be tough to get seats to China, especially on non-stop flights. A coach seat on United's Chicago-Beijing flight with three days' advance booking runs $1,783 round trip; a business-class seat is $6,346 round trip.
A new agreement is likely to let DOT name one new U.S. passenger airline this year and one new U.S. cargo carrier next year to serve China, Garfinkle says.
The U.S. has proposed that each country, upon signing, be allowed to add 14 passenger flights a week and 24 cargo flights a week. Several more U.S. passenger and cargo airlines could be serving China by 2010 under terms of the talks.
No. 1 American Airlines, which has long sought access to China, will press for flight rights as soon as a deal is signed. American wants to fly Boeing 777s non-stop from Chicago to Shanghai, a route no U.S. airline now serves.
Will Ris, American's top lobbyist, says service could start next year if the airline gets flight rights. "We're pretty optimistic. It's a huge deal."
作者：安普若 在 海归商务 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
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