Heathrow airport (near to London) — the largest airport of the United Kingdom. This airport is the 3rd on volume of transportations in the World and the 1st on number of foreign tourists.
The Legendary British Airport
Heathrow airport is considered one of the most loaded and most comfortable airports in the World. Each terminal has currency exchange offices with accessible exchange rates, information racks and information bureaus for placing of visitors. There is also a section of storage of luggage. Heathrow airport has special licence «CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence» (№Р527), allowing to carry out flights and to train in flight business.
In Heathrow there are 17 international hotels of different level of comfort and the price. To reach them from Heathrow it's possible by the bus «Heathrow Hotel Hoppa» from «National Express» company. Besides it there is a rent car service and a protected Heathrow parking. For safety responsibly aviation division of Capital Police though the national army, including special divisions, also is involved in the airport when it's necessary to strengthen protection degree.
At Heathrow airport there are Anglican, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu and Jewish priests. Heathrow airport has own mass-media consisting of six photographers and one television command, working for the most popular newspapers and telecasts worldwide.
At Heathrow, taxi are usually built in turn on the special airport parking, because to "carry" passengers is a truly competitive & profitable business. The fare is supervised by the taxi counter and highlighted on the display. Additional payment, for example, in the evening or during week-end, is here too specified. Tip, usually at a rate of 10%, is paid at your discretion.The taxi drivers at Heathrow airport are not obliged to agree on transportation of passengers on a route exceeding 20 miles but if they agree also a route lies across London, it's necessary to pay for journey so much, how many is shown on the taxi counter. If the taxi driver agrees to finish the passenger in point outside of London, payment for journey makes a reservation before.
China — the big country with very considerable quantity of the population... and if you did not know this feature, on an arrival at the airport — you will all understand.
For the Big Population — the Big Airport!
And not because at the airport is a lot of people. On the contrary — air terminal half empty. But the grandiose sizes of the airport truly impress... My business travel jet from London arrives full of passengers, but the crowd of newcomers remains imperceptible in these huge spaces, only small visibility of activity — the Beijing Capital International Airport is truly huge.
At the Beijing Capital International Airport rather mobile passport control. Thus number of working frontier guards depends on number of newcomers. Controllers work politely, without long and steadfast passport control. In some minutes the platform before passport control becomes empty and on the workplaces there are only 2-3 frontier guards. Thereupon it is rather convenient to use the flight status because you can be assured that your airplane will arrive without delays.
Further we need to take luggage. But, for luggage reception — is necessary going to other building. For this purpose we go down in "the local underground" and... — a compact train rush us through an airport building. We are again convinced that an airport building not simply big, — but is Very Big! At last we arrive in the necessary stop and go to receive luggage.
The luggage comes in some minutes, melancholy and long expectation is not present. The following action stage — the Exit. On a way we meet customs officers with doggies of guarded breeds. Thanks to ingenious service of the WorldMate our excursion has taken place without delay and other troubles!
