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As the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) continues to wane, the Beijing Capital Airport is seeing a gradual increase in the number of passengers.
Latest statistics show that during the week from June 2 to 8, the airport handled with the arrivals and departures of 23,032 international passengers. The number of flights landing and taking off via the airport during the period reached 372.
Only 1,368 passengers passed through the airport on May 26, the low point due to the impact of SARS.
The figure has gradually climbed, reaching 3,519 on May 31 and 4,099 on June 7 as tension related to SARS began to ease with the improvement in the epidemic situation.
(People's Daily June 14, 2003)
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