Beijing/Daxing

Our last morning at Beijing/Daxing. Used the DiDi (Chinese Uber) to book our vehicles to take us from here and direct to the Cordis hotel at Beijing/Capital. We needed bigger vehicles due to the group size and factoring in suitcases, and so my vehicle cost the 5 of us CNY550 (£57.50), so £11,50 for each of us. A smaller cab for just two of you would be much cheaper. I did look at the public transport options, which are far cheaper, but also much more complicated and convoluted. Direct taxi is much, much easier.

The following log is in country prefix, then airline, type and reg order. Due to a lack of photographs being able to be taken here, I include some taken at Beijing/Capital a few days later.

(20244), Xian Y-20 A, Chinese Air Force (unknown)
9M-MTG, Airbus A330 323E, Malaysia Airlines (1318)
9V-SCR, Boeing 787 10, Singapore Airlines (60269)
A6-ENQ, Boeing 777 31HER, Emirates Airline (41363)
B-HLT, Airbus A330 343X, Cathay Pacific Airways (439)
B-LCM, Airbus A320 271NSL, Hong Kong Express Airways (7273)
B-MCD, Airbus A321 231SL, Air Macau (6912)
B-1687, Airbus A320 214SL, Air China (6743)
B-6677, Airbus A320 232, Air China (4348)
B-324H, Airbus A320 251NSL, Air China (10362)
B-326A, Airbus A320 251NSL, Air China (10567)
B-301F, Airbus A320 271NSL, Air China (8392)
B-6597, Airbus A321 213, Air China (4062)
B-6701, Airbus A321 213, Air China (4472)
B-6792, Airbus A321 232, Air China (4834)
B-6823, Airbus A321 232, Air China (4873)
B-8502, Airbus A321 232SL, Air China (7468)
B-5901, Airbus A330 343E, Air China (1353)
B-5956, Airbus A330 343E, Air China (1563)
B-5978, Airbus A330 343E, Air China (1673)
B-1080, Airbus A350 941, Air China (247)
B-307A, Airbus A350 941, Air China (268)
B-32EZ, Airbus A350 941, Air China (604)
B-1395, Boeing 737MAX 8, Air China (60904)
B-1396, Boeing 737MAX 8, Air China (60953)
B-226A, Boeing 737MAX 8, Air China (60930)
B-5297, Boeing 737NG 79L/W, Air China (41092)
B-1529, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (44921)
B-1530, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (44922)
B-1764, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (41105)
B-1957, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (40041)
B-1958, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (40042)
B-5495, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (36749)
B-5497, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (36751)
B-5507, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (36753)
B-5582, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (40028)
B-5851, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (41313)
B-7892, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (60851)
B-1428, Boeing 777 300ER, Air China (63355)
B-7869, Boeing 777 300ER, Air China (63353)
B-2046, Boeing 777 39LER, Air China (41442)
B-2085, Boeing 777 39LER, Air China (38666)
B-2090, Boeing 777 39LER, Air China (38669)
B-919X, Comac C919, Air China (00019)
B-1217, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Air China Inner Mongolia (60897)
B-1219, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Air China Inner Mongolia (60890)
B-1418, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Air China Inner Mongolia (60867)
B-206T, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Air China Inner Mongolia (60892)
B-6858, Airbus A320 214, Capital Airlines (5008)
B-6859, Airbus A320 214, Capital Airlines (5072)
B-309T, Airbus A330 343E, Capital Airlines (1917)
B-32F9, Airbus A321 251NXSL, Chengdu Airlines (11632)
B-6010, Airbus A320 214, China Eastern Airlines (2221)
B-6829, Airbus A320 214, China Eastern Airlines (4769)
B-6872, Airbus A320 214, China Eastern Airlines (4886)
B-1051, Airbus A320 214SL, China Eastern Airlines (7987)
B-1609, Airbus A320 214SL, China Eastern Airlines (6355)
B-8859, Airbus A320 214SL, China Eastern Airlines (7937)
B-6616, Airbus A320 232, China Eastern Airlines (3929)
B-6638, Airbus A320 232, China Eastern Airlines (4240)
B-6696, Airbus A320 232, China Eastern Airlines (4309)
B-9975, Airbus A320 232SL, China Eastern Airlines (5711)
B-300R, Airbus A320 251NSL, China Eastern Airlines (8235)
B-30DJ, Airbus A320 251NSL, China Eastern Airlines (9355)
B-30DL, Airbus A320 251NSL, China Eastern Airlines (9370)
B-32EM, Airbus A320 251NSL, China Eastern Airlines (11310)
B-8570, Airbus A321 211SL, China Eastern Airlines (7212)
B-300P, Airbus A330 343E, China Eastern Airlines (1873)
B-5282, Boeing 737NG 79P/W, China Eastern Airlines (39720)
B-5819, Boeing 737NG 79P/W, China Eastern Airlines (39731)
B-205R, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China Eastern Airlines (61691)
B-5701, Boeing 737NG 89P/W, China Eastern Airlines (39722)
B-208P, Boeing 787 9, China Eastern Airlines (63710)
B-8990, Airbus A320 214SL, China Southern Airlines (7728)
B-8991, Airbus A320 214SL, China Southern Airlines (7780)
B-9959, Airbus A320 232, China Southern Airlines (5797)
B-8639, Airbus A321 211SL, China Southern Airlines (7250)
B-8869, Airbus A321 211SL, China Southern Airlines (7573)
B-1832, Airbus A321 231, China Southern Airlines (6146)
B-1847, Airbus A321 231, China Southern Airlines (6233)
B-1880, Airbus A321 231, China Southern Airlines (6261)
B-2284, Airbus A321 231, China Southern Airlines (1974)
B-6319, Airbus A321 231, China Southern Airlines (3241)
B-6628, Airbus A321 231, China Southern Airlines (4217)
B-6660, Airbus A321 231, China Southern Airlines (4299)
B-6687, Airbus A321 231, China Southern Airlines (4430)
B-30E5, Airbus A321 253NXSL, China Southern Airlines (9288)
B-323S, Airbus A321 253NXSL, China Southern Airlines (10358)
B-326L, Airbus A321 253NXSL, China Southern Airlines (10598)
B-329Z, Airbus A321 253NXSL, China Southern Airlines (10831)
B-5970, Airbus A330 323E, China Southern Airlines (1645)
B-8358, Airbus A330 323E, China Southern Airlines (1699)
B-5928, Airbus A330 323X, China Southern Airlines (1430)
B-1065, Airbus A330 343E, China Southern Airlines (1858)
B-324S, Airbus A350 941, China Southern Airlines (478)
B-5232, Boeing 737NG 71B/W, China Southern Airlines (35360)
B-1155, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China Southern Airlines (63269)
B-1285, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China Southern Airlines (63411)
B-1402, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China Southern Airlines (63250)
B-1525, Boeing 737NG 81B/W, China Southern Airlines (41611)
B-1717, Boeing 737NG 81B/W, China Southern Airlines (38924)
B-5596, Boeing 737NG 81B/W, China Southern Airlines (38964)
B-5645, Boeing 737NG 81B/W, China Southern Airlines (38922)
B-5646, Boeing 737NG 81B/W, China Southern Airlines (38932)
B-5719, Boeing 737NG 81B/W, China Southern Airlines (38940)
B-2788, Boeing 787 8, China Southern Airlines (34932)
B-5210, Boeing 737NG 79P/W, China United Airlines (33043)
B-1148, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (63068)
B-1281, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (63054)
B-1310, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (63049)
B-1312, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (63053)
B-1573, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (61695)
B-206U, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (63072)
B-209F, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (63079)
B-209G, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (63081)
B-20A1, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (63087)
B-20A8, Boeing 737NG 800/W, China United Airlines (63088)
B-5471, Boeing 737NG 86D/W, China United Airlines (35775)
B-1750, Boeing 737NG 89P/W, China United Airlines (61308)
B-1990, Boeing 737NG 89P/W, China United Airlines (39736)
B-7987, Boeing 737NG 89P/W, China United Airlines (61694)
B-1218, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Dalian Airlines (60895)
B-5197, Boeing 737NG 86N, Dalian Airlines (36811)
B-5642, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Dalian Airlines (40017)
B-1590, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Donghai Airlines (61275)
B-5482, Boeing 737NG 84P/W, Grand China Air (35748)
B-1021, Airbus A330 343E, Hainan Airlines (1831)
B-304K, Airbus A330 343E, Hainan Airlines (1899)
B-1142, Boeing 737MAX 8, Hainan Airlines (43559)
B-1389, Boeing 737MAX 8, Hainan Airlines (62192)
B-207T, Boeing 737MAX 8, Hainan Airlines (62181)
B-1495, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Hainan Airlines (63614)
B-1498, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Hainan Airlines (43427)
B-1542, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Hainan Airlines (41380)
B-7400, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Hainan Airlines (43425)
B-5709, Boeing 737NG 808, Hainan Airlines (34709)
B-5462, Boeing 737NG 84P/W, Hainan Airlines (36780)
B-5852, Boeing 737NG 84P/W, Hainan Airlines (39204)
B-7619, Boeing 737NG 86N/W, Hainan Airlines (60690)
B-2729, Boeing 787 8, Hainan Airlines (34941)
B-2738, Boeing 787 8, Hainan Airlines (34940)
B-2739, Boeing 787 8, Hainan Airlines (38055)
B-1546, Boeing 787 9, Hainan Airlines (62717)
B-207J, Boeing 787 9, Hainan Airlines (62740)
B-7227, Boeing 737NG 8LW/W, Hebei Airlines (42967)
B-32EA, Airbus A320 271NSL, Juneyao Air (11214)
B-6016, Boeing 737NG 84P/W, Lucky Air (41811)
B-5451, Boeing 737NG 85N/W, Shandong Airlines (36776)
B-5650, Boeing 737NG 85N/W, Shandong Airlines (38641)
B-7568, Boeing 737NG 85N/W, Shandong Airlines (61316)
B-1841, Airbus A320 232, Shenzhen Airlines (5986)
B-6690, Airbus A320 232, Shenzhen Airlines (4359)
B-1072, Airbus A330 343E, Shenzhen Airlines (1867)
B-8961, Airbus A321 211SL, Sichuan Airlines (7498)
B-32D6, Airbus A320 251NSL, Spring Airlines (11089)
B-32EL, Airbus A321 251NXSL, XiamenAir (11343)
B-32F3, Airbus A321 251NXSL, XiamenAir (11486)
B-32FN, Airbus A321 251NXSL, XiamenAir (11587)
B-5458, Boeing 737NG 85C/W, XiamenAir (35055)
B-5708, Boeing 737NG 85C/W, XiamenAir (38403)
B-6488, Boeing 737NG 85C/W, XiamenAir (41396)
B-5319, Boeing 737NG 8FH/W, XiamenAir (35102)
B-2768, Boeing 787 8, XiamenAir (41538)
B-3327, Gulfstream Aerospace G550 (5570)
HS-CBH, Airbus A320 251NSL, Thai AirAsia (8052)
HL8321, Boeing 737NG 8K5/W, Jeju Air (35134)
HL8351, Boeing 737MAX 8, Korean Air (63439)
JA03GR, Boeing 737NG 86N/W, Spring Japan (41272)
RA-73133, Boeing 777 3M0ER, Aeroflot Russian Airlines (41684)
RA-73810, Airbus A319 111, Ural Airlines (3834)

On airways:
B-6537, Airbus A330 243, China Eastern Airlines (1262)
B-1073, Airbus A330 343E, China Eastern Airlines (1869)
B-8376, Airbus A321 211SL, Sichuan Airlines (7010)

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Beijing/Capital

Once at the Cordis (formerly Langham), the concierge made sure that we got the rooms that we had requested – Lake view Executive Suites. Some of the room numbers that I noted us as having were 6021, 6025 & 6033. The hotel looked to like it did back in 2016, but there now seem to be external window shutters, which can be closed by the hotel management whenever a flight of interest is around. We were all just settling into our rooms when this happened to us – initially we thought it might have been something to do with a fire alarm but the reception informed us about the flight of interest thing and that the shutters would be down for the night. A lot of us left the hotel and spotted from outside – you stick out like a sore thumb though. Having said that, we were not challenged by anybody. Important to note that the adjacent park with ‘the mound’ in was also shut, so we couldn’t even go in there.

The suite that we had was very spacious and clean, so we were very happy. Buffet breakfast was very good too, so no complaints there. Couldn’t fault this place except for exterior shutters going down on all the windows, twice during our stay, thus removing the Lake view that we were enjoying. Whilst we were outside, other buildings seemed to also have shutters come down on their buildings too. It’s taken so seriously, that we saw Cordis staff outside looking up and checking that all the shutters were working as they should.

The following log is in country prefix, then airline, type and reg order. Due to a lack of photographs being able to be taken here, I include some taken at Beijing/Capital a few days later.

9V-SWT, Boeing 777 312ER, Singapore Airlines (34585)
B-KPO, Boeing 777 367ER, Cathay Pacific Airways (36160)
B-2404, Airbus A319 131, Air China (2454)
B-6213, Airbus A319 131, Air China (2614)
B-6847, Airbus A320 214, Air China (4895)
B-6915, Airbus A320 214, Air China (5014)
B-6731, Airbus A320 232, Air China (4473)
B-6745, Airbus A320 232, Air China (4593)
B-8582, Airbus A320 232SL, Air China (7761)
B-305K, Airbus A320 271NSL, Air China (8563)
B-1816, Airbus A321 213, Air China (6013)
B-1855, Airbus A321 213, Air China (6196)
B-6326, Airbus A321 213, Air China (3329)
B-6385, Airbus A321 213, Air China (3722)
B-6596, Airbus A321 213, Air China (4031)
B-6605, Airbus A321 213, Air China (4091)
B-6675, Airbus A321 213, Air China (4377)
B-6711, Airbus A321 213, Air China (4494)
B-6973, Airbus A321 213, Air China (5573)
B-9919, Airbus A321 213, Air China (5743)
B-1638, Airbus A321 213SL, Air China (6641)
B-1639, Airbus A321 213SL, Air China (6567)
B-8595, Airbus A321 232SL, Air China (7741)
B-325M, Airbus A321 251NXSL, Air China (10364)
B-326D, Airbus A321 251NXSL, Air China (10351)
B-32A1, Airbus A321 251NXSL, Air China (10657)
B-32CD, Airbus A321 251NXSL, Air China (10888)
B-30D9, Airbus A321 271NSL, Air China (9345)
B-5918, Airbus A330 243, Air China (1396)
B-6132, Airbus A330 243, Air China (944)
B-5913, Airbus A330 343E, Air China (1509)
B-5947, Airbus A330 343E, Air China (1538)
B-6512, Airbus A330 343E, Air China (1087)
B-6523, Airbus A330 343E, Air China (1187)
B-8577, Airbus A330 343E, Air China (1752)
B-322Z, Airbus A350 941, Air China (481)
B-329K, Airbus A350 941, Air China (487)
B-1392, Boeing 737MAX 8, Air China (60877)
B-1399, Boeing 737MAX 8, Air China (60880)
B-223Y, Boeing 737MAX 8, Air China (60940)
B-224T, Boeing 737MAX 8, Air China (60936)
B-224Z, Boeing 737MAX 8, Air China (60932)
B-2612, Boeing 737NG 79L, Air China (33411)
B-2613, Boeing 737NG 79L, Air China (33412)
B-5202, Boeing 737NG 79L/W, Air China (34537)
B-7897, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Air China (60861)
B-1531, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (44923)
B-1763, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (41104)
B-1766, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (41108)
B-1768, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (41110)
B-1978, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (41324)
B-7180, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (43410)
B-7181, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China (44912)
B-2472, Boeing 747 4J6, Air China (30158)
B-2486, Boeing 747 89L, Air China (41192)
B-1282, Boeing 777 300ER, Air China (65301)
B-7952, Boeing 777 300ER, Air China (63352)
B-2033, Boeing 777 39LER, Air China (38673)
B-2037, Boeing 777 39LER, Air China (38677)
B-2039, Boeing 777 39LER, Air China (38679)
B-2086, Boeing 777 39LER, Air China (38667)
B-1469, Boeing 787 9, Air China (34317)
B-7878, Boeing 787 9, Air China (34306)
B-652X, Comac ARJ-21 700, Air China (197)
B-654C, Comac ARJ-21 700, Air China (10139)
B-1769, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Air China Inner Mongolia (44915)
B-32HV, Airbus A320 251NSL, China Eastern Airlines (12108)
B-2419, Airbus A321 211, China Eastern Airlines (2882)
B-8571, Airbus A321 211SL, China Eastern Airlines (7244)
B-6099, Airbus A330 243, China Eastern Airlines (916)
B-303D, Airbus A330 343E, China Eastern Airlines (1881)
B-7882, Boeing 777 300ER, China Eastern Airlines (43287)
B-7883, Boeing 777 300ER, China Eastern Airlines (43284)
B-1210, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Dalian Airlines (60881)
B-6105, Boeing 737NG 89L/W, Dalian Airlines (44917)
B-5503, Boeing 737NG 84P/W, Fuzhou Airlines (36782)
B-5955, Airbus A330 243, Hainan Airlines (1558)
B-5963, Airbus A330 243, Hainan Airlines (1573)
B-6527, Airbus A330 343E, Hainan Airlines (1178)
B-1215, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Hainan Airlines (44399)
B-1541, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Hainan Airlines (43417)
B-1548, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Hainan Airlines (43419)
B-6103, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Hainan Airlines (44390)
B-7378, Boeing 737NG 800/W, Hainan Airlines (60701)
B-1995, Boeing 737NG 84P/W, Hainan Airlines (39213)
B-5521, Boeing 737NG 84P/W, Hainan Airlines (35766)
B-6062, Boeing 737NG 84P/W, Hainan Airlines (43658)
B-7618, Boeing 737NG 84P/W, Hainan Airlines (41390)
B-7175, Boeing 737NG 86N/W, Hainan Airlines (43414)
B-2730, Boeing 787 8, Hainan Airlines (34943)
B-7667, Boeing 787 9, Hainan Airlines (62720)
B-208G, Boeing 737MAX 8, Shandong Airlines (61446)
B-224S, Boeing 737MAX 8, Shandong Airlines (61457)
B-1746, Boeing 737NG 85N/W, Shandong Airlines (41622)
B-5593, Boeing 737NG 85N/W, Shandong Airlines (39115)
B-5628, Boeing 737NG 85N/W, Shandong Airlines (39125)
B-1601, Airbus A320 232, Shenzhen Airlines (6197)
B-6691, Airbus A320 232, Shenzhen Airlines (4409)
B-32CF, Airbus A321 271NXSL, Shenzhen Airlines (11108)
B-32DU, Airbus A321 271NXSL, Shenzhen Airlines (11317)
B-32DV, Airbus A321 271NXSL, Shenzhen Airlines (11372)
B-1712, Boeing 737NG 87L/W, Shenzhen Airlines (39160)
B-1935, Boeing 737NG 87L/W, Shenzhen Airlines (39140)
B-2298, Airbus A319 133, Sichuan Airlines (2534)
B-8331, Airbus A320 214SL, Sichuan Airlines (6654)
B-8375, Airbus A320 214SL, Sichuan Airlines (6937)
B-6778, Airbus A320 232, Sichuan Airlines (4707)
B-8658, Airbus A321 211SL, Sichuan Airlines (7481)
B-6899, Airbus A321 231, Sichuan Airlines (5233)
B-1663, Airbus A321 231SL, Sichuan Airlines (6581)
B-6535, Airbus A330 243, Sichuan Airlines (1241)
B-300V, Airbus A330 343E, Sichuan Airlines (1885)
B-301D, Airbus A350 941, Sichuan Airlines (60)
B-32F8, Airbus A350 941, Sichuan Airlines (631)
B-8418, Airbus A320 214SL, Tibet Airlines (7059)
B-323U, Airbus A321 251NXSL, Zhejiang Loong Airlines (10428)
B-8218, Dassault Falcon 7X (189)
B-655Z, Gulfstream Aerospace G550 (5298)
B-16337, Airbus A330 302, EVA Air (1767)
F-GSPO, Boeing 777 228ER, Air France (30614)
HS-THO, Airbus A350 941, Thai Airways International (351)
HL8349, Boeing 737MAX 8, Korean Air (63437)
HL8505, Airbus A321 272NXSL, Korean Air (10977)
JA624A, Boeing 767 381ER/W, All Nippon Airways (40895)
JA835J, Boeing 787 8, Japan Airlines (34850)
N872FD, Boeing 777 F, FedEx Express (66262)
RA-73585, Bombardier Global 6000 (9473)
SU-GEV, Boeing 787 9, Egyptair (65087)
VP-BSS, Gulfstream Aerospace G650 ER, (6448)

Photo credits: Grant Robinson

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