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 it weren't for seeing it with your own eyes, Yang Jing would really not believe that the huge and prosperous international airport in later generations had developed from this small terminal building.

At this time, there was only one terminal building, that is, Terminal 1, and this terminal building had only ten gates at this time.

However, the Capital Airport at this time is far less than as many people than thirty years later. The Capital Airport thirty years later is like a super-large market, which is so crowded with people, and people's brains are squeezing into dog brains. But now, the Capital Airport can only be described in one word - empty.

If it weren't for seeing it with my own eyes, Yang Jing really couldn't believe that the Capital Airport was 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 could not take a plane at all. Even a department-level cadre would not be able to take a plane without special circumstances.

Because if you want to take a plane, you must buy air tickets with your unit introduction letter, otherwise there will be no door. If you are not at the level, you cannot buy air tickets. Therefore, the Chinese Civil Aviation in this era is so deserted.

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

The terminals of this era are also of great color at that time. When you walk into the terminal, you can see a huge banner that almost spans the entire terminal, with a series of big words such as "Service first, safety first, do a good job in civil aviation...", which is very Chinese.

Compared with the later generations of Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, Terminal 1 is really simple. At this time, there was no boarding bridge or cover bridge at the Capital Airport. Even for international flights, you can only use a shuttle bus to board the plane and then board the plane from the gangway. What makes Yang Jing most incredible is that there was no security check in this era...

There is a very obvious sign at the gate, reminding passengers not to carry anything, and there is no security check. Although there are security inspectors standing there, they just ask you what you have in your luggage and rarely unpack and check. It is far from being like the security checks in later generations. I wish you could strip your clothes naked and check.

Moreover, there was no restriction on tea boarding at this time. Yang Jing saw two cadres wearing cadre costumes, one of whom walked through the security checkpoint with a large cup of tea, and was chatting and laughing as the shuttle bus came to pick up the passengers...

What an incredible security check!

Through the shuttle bus, we arrived in front of the Trident passenger plane. Yes, the plane that Yang Jing and the others were about to take was the Trident passenger plane introduced by China Airlines from the British De Havelland Company in the 1970s.

In this era, although there were Boeing passenger aircraft in China, they were used for international flights and domestic regional passenger aircraft. Those with shorter ranges used aircraft made by old Russians such as Il 18 and An 24, and those with longer ranges used this kind of trident aircraft.

When working on a shuttle bus, Yang Jing saw many old-fashioned propeller aircraft such as the Il 18 and An 24 parked on the apron. Although this kind of Trident passenger aircraft is not as tall as Boeing passenger aircraft, in this era, Trident passenger aircraft is a jet passenger aircraft, and its grade is of course far higher than those propeller aircraft. Therefore, if many people can take a Trident passenger aircraft once, they can blow it for a long time when they come back.

The private plane that Yang Jing was on could not apply for a route in China, so he could only take civil flights to Ukraine this time. And on the shuttle bus, Yang Jing also saw his Gulfstream IV.

Is this a helpless thing? Is it okay? I clearly have a high-performance private jet, but I can't take it. This is simply...

However, after a brief speechlessness, Yang Jing didn't care. Besides, it was actually a very interesting experience to experience the domestic flights of this era. At least people of his generation would probably not be able to take such antique planes in their lifetime.

Wu Dawei, who has been following Yang Jing, seemed to see that the boss was very interested in this place, but of course he also knew that his boss flew from the United States on a private plane. In this era when ordinary people could not take planes, it was simply unimaginable to have his own private plane.

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

"Boss, our China is still poor now. This is how civil aviation domestic flights look like. Please forgive me."

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

After getting on the plane, the flight attendant directly guided Yang Jing and his group to the front. There is no first class cabin for this kind of domestic flight, but the front position is the best, and the tickets they bought are also in this position. In addition, there are six foreigners in the group of seven, so the flight attendant of course needs special care.

After taxiing, the plane flew safely into the sky. After reaching a stable altitude, the flight attendant pushed the car over. Obviously, after learning that six foreigners had arrived on his plane, the captain also attached great importance to it and specifically urged a flight attendant to serve these foreigners.

In this era, foreign guests were very popular. Even if the leaders could fly, foreign guests were still preferred in front of foreign guests. After all, in this era, China was in urgent need of foreign exchange, and most foreign guests who could come to China came to invest in China, which were distinguished guests of China.

The coffee and green tea in the car are free, and the flight attendant even took two bottles of Moutai.

This action made Yang Jing a little confused. He knew that he could drink on the plane, but what does this Moutai mean?

Yang Jing really doesn't know about this.

Wu Dawei, who was standing by, explained: "Boss, try our Chinese bar, which is free on the plane. Since 1975, passengers have been provided with a bottle of Moutai for free on international flights. However, now it is not for passengers to provide a bottle of Moutai, but for free. But we obviously have been taken care of, and the stewardess brought us two bottles directly."

When Yang Jing heard this, he remembered that China Civil Aviation seemed to have provided Moutai for free in the 1970s and 1980s.

At that time, passengers on international flights of China Civil Aviation gave a bottle of Moutai for free. Later, it was changed to free supply and was not cancelled until the end of the 1980s. At that time, a bottle of Moutai was about ten yuan, which was nearly one-sixth of the monthly salary. However, because flying was already "sky-high", many people thought it was not surprising that Moutai was supplied in the first class cabin, or even in the ordinary cabin. At that time, there were not only Moutai, but also Red Birth Orange Juice, and Olympic Coke and other beverages.

However, Moutai is provided on international flights, and now domestic flights actually provide Moutai to their own group, which is obviously a special care.

Yang Jing waved his hand and said in fluent Chinese: "Miss, thank you very much for your care, but we don't need this delicious wine now, just give us some drinks."

Yang Jing's fluent Chinese made the flight attendant widen his eyes in surprise. She really didn't expect that this blonde and blue-eyed foreigner could speak such fluent Chinese.

This is not a few years later, and a "mountain" of crosstalk suddenly popped up a few years later. Only Chinese people know that foreigners can speak fluent Chinese. Now, it is even rarer for foreigners to speak so fluent Chinese than the sun rising from the west.

After a brief shock, the beautiful stewardess smiled and brought a few bottles of Coca-Cola for Yang Jing and the others, and then said goodbye politely.

Wu Dawei opened the Coca-Cola in his hand, took a sip and said, "Boss, in fact, it was possible to smoke on the plane five or six years ago. It was only in 1983 that civil aviation stipulated that smoking was not allowed on domestic flights, but smoking was still possible on international flights. Now the Japanese have banned smoking on flights, so when Japanese came to China, they chose to take the China Civil Aviation passenger plane because the Chinese passenger planes did not ban smoking."

"A few years ago, I followed my leader to Japan for an inspection. After getting on the plane, the stewardess would provide us with cigarettes. I remember there was a kind of cigar called 'White-Haired Girl' that was very energetic."

Yang Jing nodded with a smile and said, "Actually, there is no smoking ban on flights in the United States, but I think it's too soon. Smoking on the plane is indeed a very dangerous thing, and banning smoking is very necessary."

It is indeed relatively late to ban smoking in US flights. This country had completely banned smoking on civil aircraft in 1977, but it was lifted in 1984 after a few years. However, in 1988, this year, the United States began to ban smoking from domestic flights within two hours, and then expanded to domestic flights within six hours in 1990. After 2000, all domestic and international flights had been implemented, and other countries followed suit. However, Cuba, famous for its cigars, should be the most stubborn country in this matter, and it insisted until 2014 that it announced a ban on international flights.

So, from this perspective, smokers living in this era are relatively happy, at least they can smoke on long international flights. Unlike later generations, do you want to smoke on the plane? Be dying! Don’t talk about smoking, you can’t pass the security check alone.

When Yang Jing thought about taking Princess to Nanyun, the big box in front of the security checkpoint of Jinling Airport was full of lighters handed over by passengers. What's even more annoying is that it is said that these lighters were taken out by airport vendors to re-sell, a disposable gas lighter sold at the airport entrance, three yuan per one, five yuan per one, and they don't want to buy it.

Not to mention, the business is really good. Although the airport security check will not confiscate your cigarettes, your lighter will definitely be confiscated. After getting off the plane, you need a lighter to light a cigarette? After a few hours of voyage, the passenger who is addicted to cigarettes has been suffocated, but there is a cigarette in his pocket but it is not a fire. Isn’t this a suffocation? At this time, who would dislike a lighter that was originally sold for only 50 cents and sell it for three or five yuan. If you didn’t say anything, you can pay for it. At least you can try to enjoy it for a few more puffs...

In contrast, smoker passengers living in this era are definitely much happier than smoker passengers thirty years later.

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