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View Full Version : BEIJING ROUTE PREANNOUNCEMENT???- NY TIMES 4.15.01


jaime007bond
April 16, 2001, 02:54 AM
MONEY AND BUSINESS SECTION 3 PG 2

FLYING AMERICANS HOME, AND REAPING BONUS MILES

"...Mr. Bethune said there was some internal concern that using a Continental plane might "ruin our relations with China"-especially when the company is seeking landing rights in Beijing." "But then we thought: 'These are our people; we are doing it. We don't care,'"he said. "It's an exhilarating feeling for me to have our airplane do it. Like any citizen, I'm proud to get our boys home."

- Leslie Wayne, NY Times