{"id":2366,"date":"2017-04-29T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2017-08-20T07:42:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T23:42:27","slug":"20170429nh980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/29\/20170429nh980\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Log of All Nippon Airways Flight 980 from Beijing to Osaka Kansai on April 29th, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Labor Day Holiday in May, 2017. After discussions with my undergraduate classmates, we decided that this should be the time for our graduation trip, and we chose Japan as our destination.<br \/>\nDuring the reservation process, we found that All Nippon Airways (ANA) could offer us a relatively cheap Japan domestic legs in its return tickets, so we chose an itinerary of Beijing &#8211; Osaka &#8211; Tokyo &#8211; Beijing with ANA, the first leg of which is NH980 from Beijing to Osaka.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/hiMxGuh.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/hiMxGuhl.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of Beijing Airport T3\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Interior of Beijing Airport T3<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">The images in this post are hosted on Imgur. Email me should there be any display problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since we were a group of 25 people, we booked a bus on Taobao to take us to the airport from school campus for our 2pm flight.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">It turned out that such bus services wasn&#8217;t that much reliable. We agreed on 1030 pickup time, at 10am the driver called: is it 1130?? <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">And since it&#8217;s Chinese Labor Day Holiday, I witnessed the worst traffic jam on Beijing Airport expressway<del>, although my times were limited on the airport expressway<del>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And during the reservation process, given that each of us had different preferred return day, which corresponded to different air fares, 8 of us were booked on a Shenzhen Airlines flight leaving an hour earlier (under Air China code). However, that flight was cancelled by Shenzhen Airlines, and we managed to put those guys onto the ANA flight<del>, which was different to Air China&#8217;s long-standing image in my mind as a fossil state-owned company<del>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HyHyW3M.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HyHyW3Ml.jpg\" alt=\"Boarding Pass\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boarding Pass<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After Boarding Pass I went downstairs to retrieve our personal WiFi. To reach arrival hall from departure hall at Beijing Airport, it&#8217;s either waiting for an elevator that would never came, or walking all the way to the end of the terminal for an escalator.<\/p>\n<p>And the guy at security check logically greeted me with 10+ personal WiFi&#8217;s as a tour guide&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/MkULpi5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/MkULpi5l.jpg\" alt=\"Boarding my Flight to Osaka\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boarding my Flight to Osaka<\/p><\/div>\n<p>FlightRadar24 indicated that NH980 was usually operated by Boeing 737. But as the first day of Chinese Labor Day holiday, the flight was operated by a larger B763, yet was still overbooked. So my friend got bumped to business, only because he added his newly registered ANA Mileage account number.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NHneR1o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NHneR1ol.jpg\" alt=\"Mahan Air A310(EP-MNP)\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mahan Air A310(EP-MNP)<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/MpzIBH8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/MpzIBH8l.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing Airport T3E\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Beijing Airport T3E<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/oa2CGoR.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/oa2CGoRl.jpg\" alt=\"Air China B77W(B-2035) with Smiling China Livery\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Air China B77W(B-2035) with Smiling China Livery<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/V5fScxP.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/V5fScxPl.jpg\" alt=\"ANA B763 Front Camera\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>ANA B763 Front Camera<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Given the age of this plane, one shouldn&#8217;t expect much of this camera&#8217;s resolution.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/zgN6Aqm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/zgN6Aqml.jpg\" alt=\"District of Pinggu(\u5e73\u8c37)\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>District of Pinggu(\u5e73\u8c37)<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HOqE9eK.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HOqE9eKl.jpg\" alt=\"Yuqiao(\u4e8e\u6865) Reservoir\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Yuqiao(\u4e8e\u6865) Reservoir<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/mv4GuEO.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/mv4GuEOl.jpg\" alt=\"Armrest on ANA B763\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Armrest on ANA B763<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My Holux GPS recorder would nicely fit in the width of this armrest. <\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YDKzF87.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YDKzF87l.jpg\" alt=\"Tangshan(\u5510\u5c71) Sannvhe Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Tangshan(\u5510\u5c71) Sannvhe Airport<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NFECne4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NFECne4l.jpg\" alt=\"City of Tangshan(\u5510\u5c71)\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>City of Tangshan(\u5510\u5c71)<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qrelsaG.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qrelsaGl.jpg\" alt=\"South Liaodong Peninsula\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Liaodong Peninsula<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">District of Lvshun(\u65c5\u987a)<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/rtJGVQd.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/rtJGVQdl.jpg\" alt=\"Lunch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lunch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Codfish with Rice, I&#8217;m not a fan at all for plain white rices if not for the Seaweed toppings.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Then about this strange meal services. By ANA script, they would provide a <del>perpetually unchanged<\/del> menu for customers to choose from. But it seemed that this flight hasn&#8217;t got one, so what one got to eat was solely determined by the moods of the cabin crew.<br \/>\nBy comparison, last summer I flew on QR246 from Istanbul to Doha, which didn&#8217;t get a menu either. But the crew onboard would patiently tell each one of us the offerings and asked about our choices. So this services was far beneath ANA&#8217;s public reputation.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/IOj5ZiI.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/IOj5ZiIl.jpg\" alt=\"Seoul Incheon Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Seoul Incheon Airport<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jbPD6f0.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jbPD6f0l.jpg\" alt=\"Seoul Songdo International Business District\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Seoul Songdo International Business District<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RdQeaQ1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RdQeaQ1l.jpg\" alt=\"Ansan, Seoul\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ansan, Seoul<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/GLX7DFr.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/GLX7DFrl.jpg\" alt=\"Shorelines of Yonago\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Shorelines of Yonago<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Where Hino River meets the sea.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/mZV1Ssa.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/mZV1Ssal.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Daisen in Tottori Prefecture\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Daisen in Tottori Prefecture<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/GLYlJgs.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/GLYlJgsl.jpg\" alt=\"City of Tsuyama\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>City of Tsuyama<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\nGiven the prevalent tailwind, it just took a couple of Naruto episodes <del>at 3x speed<\/del> to kill the two hours of flying time, until ear pain reminded me that we were descending. According to my cell phone, the cabin pressure reached sea level when we were still at 4000 meters.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RpZx1bv.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RpZx1bvl.jpg\" alt=\"Island of Awaji shima\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Island of Awaji shima<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Our plane turned into final approach here.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/g0C6YL8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/g0C6YL8l.jpg\" alt=\"Osaka Kansai Airport Runway under ANA B763 Camera\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Osaka Kansai Airport Runway under ANA B763 Camera<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/WRHruYX.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/WRHruYXl.jpg\" alt=\"Peach Airlines Fleet\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Peach Airlines Fleet<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At LCC Terminal.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RaA2q8L.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RaA2q8Ll.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset over Osaka Kansai Airport\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sunset over Osaka Kansai Airport<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>After witnessing an awesome sunset at Kansai Airport it was an equally awesome queue at immigration. Japanese immigration officers&#8217; persistence on trivial details like telephone numbers, so that the queues only budged forward.<br \/>\nTo make matters worse, there&#8217;s no GPS nor cellular signal in the immigration hall of Kansai Airport, so there&#8217;s no good games like Pokemon Go for me to kill the time.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/T0w0mzb.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/T0w0mzbl.jpg\" alt=\"Checked Bags\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Checked Bags<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In order to best utilize baggage belts, we found our checked bags in good array off the belts. The way bags were arranged by color spoke well to Japanese rigors. <\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/OJpXzeN.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/OJpXzeNl.jpg\" alt=\"Osaka Kansai Airport Interior\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Osaka Kansai Airport Interior<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>After that, I bought some rail passes at the Airport Tourist Information Center, and rode Nankai Electric Railway downtown.<br \/>\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Labor Day Holiday in May, 2017. After discussions with my undergraduate classmates, we decided that this should be the time for our graduation trip, and we chose Japan as our destination. 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