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Third runway in Beijing airport to be put to use by month end

The newly built third runway at Beijing's Capital International Airport (BCIA) has passed the examination and acceptance of China's civil aviation authority, and will be put to use on October 29. It is part of an expansion project w ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sun, Oct 21 2007

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