Beijing Capital International Airport experienced its busiest day ever on the eve of the opening of the Olympic Games, the civil aviation authority said on Friday.

In total, 1400 planes took off and landed Thursday at the newly expanded airport, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a statement posted on its website, with a peak of 87 in one hour.

"This was the busiest moment in history for China's civil aviation," Yang Guoqing, deputy head of the CAAC, said.

Flights on Friday were quieter however, as all flights to and from Beijing were banned for security reasons from 7pm to midnight during the Olympics opening ceremony.

AFP

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