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.

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