Foreign airlines flying into Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) are insisting that air traffic controllers communicate solely in English to ensure that all pilots have a common situational awareness of the airport environment. Today, air traffic controllers use English when communicating with foreign airline pilots but Mandarin with pilots from Chinese airlines.
Foreign airlines demand Beijing airport air traffic controllers speak in English
Foreign airlines flying into Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) are insisting that air traffic controllers communicate solely in English to ensure that all pilots have a common situational awareness of the airport environment. Today, air traffic controllers use English when communicating with foreign airline pilots but Mandarin with pilots from Chinese airlines.