The local government of Huanghua,a city about 250 km (155 miles)away from Beijing in Hebei province, built a small airport six years ago to curb a locust infestation. No one expected the airport would attract the attention of an aircraft manufacturer in the United States.
Jason Liao, from Bombardier, Chuck Woods, from Jet Asia and Simon Wagstaff from ASA were elected as new AsBAA Board Directors at today's AsBAA AGM 2009 held in Hong Kong.