A group of seven people took a minibus from Yanjing City to the Capital Airport in the northern suburbs.

The Capital Airport in 1988 was really simple. If Yang Jing had not seen it with his own eyes, he really could not believe that the huge and prosperous international airport in later generations actually developed from this small terminal.

At that time, the Capital Airport had only one terminal, namely Terminal 1, and this terminal had only ten boarding gates.

However, the Capital Airport at that time was far less crowded than it would be thirty years later. Thirty years later, the Capital Airport was like a super-large market, with a surging flow of people, shoulder to shoulder, and people's brains were so crowded that they could be chopped into dog brains. But now, the Capital Airport can only be described in one word - empty.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Yang Jing really couldn't believe that the Capital Airport could be so deserted. There was no way. In this era, taking a plane was still a very high-end thing, and without a certain level, ordinary people couldn't take a plane at all. Even if they were department-level cadres, they couldn't take a plane unless there were special circumstances.

Because if you want to take a flight, you must bring a letter of introduction from your company to buy a ticket, otherwise, there is no way. If you are not of high enough rank, you cannot buy a ticket. Therefore, the Chinese civil aviation industry in this era is so deserted.

Of course, Yang Jing and his group are "foreign guests" and they certainly have the right to take a plane.

The terminals of this era are also very representative of the time. When you walk into the terminal, you can see a giant banner that almost spans the entire terminal. On it is written a series of large characters such as "Service first, safety first, do a good job in civil aviation...", which is very Chinese in style.

Terminal 1 was much simpler than Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. At that time, the Capital Airport did not have boarding bridges or jet bridges. Even for international flights, boarding could only be done by shuttle bus and then boarding from the aircraft ramp. What Yang Jing found most incredible was that there was no security check in that era...

There is a very obvious sign at the gate, reminding passengers what they cannot bring with them. There is no security scanner either. Although there are security inspectors standing there, they only ask you what is in your luggage and rarely open the boxes for inspection. It is far from the security checks in later generations, where they would like to strip you naked for inspection.

There was no restriction on bringing tea on board at that time. Yang Jing saw two cadres in cadre uniforms, each carrying a large cup of tea, walking through the security checkpoint, chatting and laughing while waiting for the shuttle bus to pick them up...

What an incredible security check!

They took the shuttle bus to arrive in front of the "Trident" passenger plane. Yes, the plane that Yang Jing and his companions were about to take was the "Trident" passenger plane that China Airlines introduced from the British de Havilland Company in the 1970s.

In this era, although China also has Boeing passenger planes, they are all used for international flights and domestic regional airliners. For shorter flights, they use the Il-8, An-24 and other Russian-made aircraft, while for longer flights, they use this Trident aircraft.

While riding the shuttle, Yang Jing saw many old propeller planes such as Il-8 and An-24 parked on the tarmac. Although the Trident airliner was not as high-end as the Boeing airliner, in this era, the Trident airliner was a jet airliner and of course its grade was much higher than those propeller airliners. So many people would be so excited for a long time if they could take a ride on a Trident airliner.

The private plane that Yang Jing was riding on could not apply for an air route within China, so he could only take a civil aviation flight to Urumqi this time. Yang Jing also saw his own Gulfstream IV on the shuttle bus.

This is a very helpless thing, okay? Obviously I have a high-performance private jet, but I can't ride it. This is simply...

But after a brief silence, Yang Jing didn't care. Besides, it was actually a very interesting experience to experience domestic flights of this era. At least people of his generation would probably never be able to ride on such an antique plane in their lifetime.

Wu Dawei, who had been following Yang Jing, seemed to have noticed that his boss was very interested in this place, but he also knew that his boss had flown here from the United States on a private jet. In this era when ordinary people could not even take a plane, owning your own private jet was simply an unimaginable thing.

So Wu Dawei knew very well what he should and should not say.

"Boss, China is still relatively poor, and this is how domestic flights are. Please forgive me."

Yang Jing looked at Wu Dawei, smiled and shook his head and said, "Very interesting. What I mean is that it is actually a very good thing to be able to experience these old planes."

After boarding the plane, the flight attendant led Yang Jing and his group to the front. There was no first-class cabin on this domestic flight, but the front seats were the best, and they had bought tickets for this seat. In addition, there were six foreigners in the group of seven, so of course the flight attendants had to take special care of them.

After taxiing, the plane flew safely into the sky. When it reached a stable altitude, the flight attendant came over with a cart. Obviously, after learning that there were six foreigners on his plane, the captain also took it very seriously and specially instructed a flight attendant to serve these foreigners.

In this era, foreign guests are very popular. Even if only leaders can take the plane, they are still given priority in front of foreign guests. After all, China is in urgent need of foreign exchange in this era, and most of the foreign guests who can come to China are here to invest in China. They are China's distinguished guests.

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