Talk:Shanghai Pudong International Airport

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Contents 1 Terminal length 2 Pudong's busy status 3 Relevance 4 Continental Section 5 Lead 6 Royal Nepal does or does not fly to KIX?

Uh... i don't believe all international traffic is concentrated in Pudong... just have to check Colipon 04:40, 7 Nov 2003 (UTC)

nmColipon 04:45, 7 Nov 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Terminal length

How long is the terminal?--Arado 15:15, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pudong's busy status

Is this about to become China's busiest airport or what? Colipon+(T) 05:00, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Busiest is still by far the Beijing Capital International Airport. The terminal 3 which is under construction in Beijing will be as big as all 4 terminals at Heathrow combined.

[edit] Relevance

Exactly what is the significance of the bit about Continental and direct New York services? Does seem out of place, I' suggest that is removed Ianguy 01:36, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Continental Section

Since there's a section about Continental's wishes for a flight to Shanghai from New York (or Newark), I think that there should be some info on China Eastern Airline's direct flight from New York.

[edit] Lead

Please consider moving all the alternate information in the lead (different languages and scripts etc) and put them in the infobox instead.--Filll 17:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Royal Nepal does or does not fly to KIX?

To se the stage: RNA takes a B757, flies it from KTM, lands in PVG, and continues on to KIX. Then it turns around, flies back to PVG, then on to KTM.

First, the "Osaka-Kansai" entry was removed from this article.[1] Doubting the accuracy of this edit, i searched for evidence and found that RNA flies to KIX, from PVG, once a week, for sure.[2] I personally know an employee at KIX that serves that airline. Therefore, i reverted that edit.[3]

Now, Elektrik Blue 82 has reverted that edit,[4] remarking "rv: true, RA flies KIX-PVG-KTM, but it has no rights to transport pax between Japan and China, so it is unbookable".

So, who's right? I say that i am, because in plain terms, RNA flies to KIX from PVG. Elektrik says that the subtleties of transportation regulations limiting the ability of a Japanese person to fly to China via this flight means that even though a flight happens, we shouldn't list it. I disagree.

On the KIX page, it says RNA flies to PVG. Should that be removed as well, or perhaps it should say "Kathmandu (via Shanghai)".

I don't know the answer, but i think we should list the flight, and let the airline explain to the passenger the appropriate regulations and restrictions on passengers.

—Fudoreaper 04:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi. It is true that Royal Nepal Airlines flies a route KTM-PVG-KIX. It is also true that the airlines show this flight as "via Shanghai" and thus PVG appears as a destination. However, what the airlines are not telling you is that people cannot fly Royal Nepal Airlines from Osaka and disembark at Shanghai. RA simply has no rights to transport people between Japan and China. This is the reason why it does not show up in oag.com and amadeus.net. You simply cannot book a flight on RA if you want to go from KIX to PVG and vice versa.

FYI, it is not my decision what to list and what not to list in the destination lists. I am merely following what is stated at WP:AIRPORTS. If you look at the formatting for the airport article structure, go to Airlines and destinations and read bullet 5. As of now, this is the current consensus. Thus, with this in mind, RA flights should be listed as simply (Kathmandu) for both KIX and PVG articles. /ɪlεktʃɹɪk bluː/ 16:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the detailed response, Elektrik. Upon reflection, and taking into consideration the addtional information that you provided, i agree with the consensus of not listing KIX on this page. If passengers can't get off, how can the airline be 'serving' the destination? Anyway, thanks for your feedback, looks like you made the right edit. —Fudoreaper 05:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)