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Air China to suspend Beijing-Pyongyang flights: Chinese state TV
Reuters ^ | April 14, 2017 | by Dominique Patton

Posted on 04/14/2017 6:33:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

China's national airline, Air China, suspended flights from Beijing to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, from late on Friday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said.

It did not say why the flights, which operate on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, were being suspended.

CCTV did not give a source for its news report published on its website and Air China could not immediately be reached for comment after business hours.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlines; china; nkorea

1 posted on 04/14/2017 6:33:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ruh-roh!..........................


2 posted on 04/14/2017 6:35:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Significant development.


3 posted on 04/14/2017 6:37:15 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They ran out of those little bags of peanuts.


4 posted on 04/14/2017 6:39:07 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It did not say why the flights, which operate on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, were being suspended.

Do they really NEED to say why?

5 posted on 04/14/2017 6:43:44 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is history)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He’s Trump He’s Trump He’s Trump He’s in your head.


6 posted on 04/14/2017 6:48:36 AM PDT by Eddie01 (Is this the old loft with the paint pealng off it?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Only need one flight, within special cargo


7 posted on 04/14/2017 6:48:55 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sum ting Wong. :-)


8 posted on 04/14/2017 6:59:59 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Update from Reuters: “China’s national airline, Air China, has canceled some flights to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, due to poor demand but it has not suspended all flights there, it said on Friday, denying a report by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-china-airline-idUSKBN17G11O?il=0


9 posted on 04/14/2017 7:04:17 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They must not want to lose a plane when the airport gets bombed.

The airport itself is pretty small - 3 gates plus some ramp parking. One active runway, and a second one across the river that looks to be in pretty bad shape. I’m not sure I’d even put it on a target list.

Wonson is about the same, one less gate, but a crosswind runway. It might make a slightly better target.


10 posted on 04/14/2017 7:09:18 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Uhhhhhh, yyyeahhhhh. That’s a popular route, is it?


11 posted on 04/14/2017 7:16:29 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

1. Who would WANT to fly to Pyongyang?

2. Who would be allowed to fly OUT of Pyongyang?


12 posted on 04/14/2017 7:16:47 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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1. Who would WANT to fly to Pyongyang? Dennis Rodman

2. Who would be allowed to fly OUT of Pyongyang? Dennis Rodman

13 posted on 04/14/2017 7:24:07 AM PDT by thinden
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To: blueunicorn6

“They ran out of those little bags of peanuts.”

Or in this case fortune cookies.


14 posted on 04/14/2017 7:39:26 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s interesting.


15 posted on 04/14/2017 7:42:55 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: Eddie01

That would be an awesome full song parody!


16 posted on 04/14/2017 7:58:57 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: Red Badger

Note to Trump: be careful.

Some of the hype about what “might” take place over the next few days on the Korean peninsula, might, depending on your actual intentions, be setting you up for an epic political fail, as in “after all Trump’s bravado [which will be ignoring MOST of the bravado has been from the media] nothing happened”.

Trump should get out ahead of that possibility.

My fear is that it is the deep state that wants Trump to “pull the trigger” more than coming from Trump himself.


17 posted on 04/14/2017 8:26:41 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Bang Ding Ow ;0)


18 posted on 04/14/2017 8:55:10 AM PDT by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: Eddie01

19 posted on 04/14/2017 9:34:13 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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