Weibo users play CEO with Air China flight plans

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 16:00 — Anonymous Not a single brand or marketing firm
can afford to ignore the power of Chinese microblog, or Sina Weibo; even
China's high-flying, state-owned airlines. Air China recently flew the
country's first-ever, user-planned flight from Beijing Capital Airport to
Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, adding the term "wei hang ban"
(micro-flight) to the Chinese online encyclopedia.  var OutbrainPermaLink =
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