The new and much anticipated Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is slated to open this week.

“After four years of intense construction, the dazzling new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport will soon be unveiled to the world. This new airport will instantly become one of China’s three largest gateway airports, serving as a window to the world of Guangzhou’s unrelenting modernization and future visage of air transportation in the booming Pearl River Delta,” said Mr. Li Kun, Vice President, China Southern Airlines

The new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is situated north of Guangzhou - 23 kilometers away from the current city airport.

The current city airport - opened in 1957 - covers an area of more than 3 Million square meters, with 83 domestic and 25 international routes in daily operation, and after more than 46 years is still the largest Chinese airport for daily take-offs & landings and flight frequencies. In 2003, the airport handled more than 142,000 take-offs and landings; a throughput of 15,012,700 passengers and 544,000 tons of cargo, mail and luggage. Today, like an aging bus station, the current city airport is overtaxed and simply cannot manage the growth projected for Guangdong Province over the next decade.

In a vast area spanning more than seven kilometers long by three kilometers wide, the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is divided into three large zones: offices, terminal and aircraft maintenance and cargo facilities all situated in the south, center and north sections between the two runways.

The office zone stands on the two sides of the south-entrance road. On the east side is the airport authority’s office complex and the airport customs/immigration/quarantine office building as well as the airport power supply facility, the airport authority’s field ground handling, Medical First Aid Station, Fire Station and the power converting station with a fuel warehouse located in the far end.

On the west side of the south-entrance road is the local Air Traffic Management Bureau’s office building, China Southern Airlines’ office complex, Air Catering Company and power converting station. In the far end of the southwest side of the west runway is an environmental treatment area to dispose of airport waste water and safely burn/dispose more than 10 tons of waste food collected each day from aircraft using the airport.

The terminal zone is situated in the middle of the complex between the two runways. Both the south and north entrance roads traverse through the east and west sides of this area which covers the terminal building, the Air Traffic Bureau’s office complex, the airport hotel and the parking facility.

The aircraft maintenance and cargo zone stands on the east and west sides of the north-entrance road to the north side of the two runways. The aircraft maintenance facility (GAMECO) is on the east side - offering a massive hanger of 96,000 square meters - capable of managing two wide-body aircraft and nine narrow-body planes at the same time, one field training base for college students, refrigeration station, water supply station, fire station, aircraft engine test cell apron and aircraft cleaning apron.

The new cargo area stands on the west side of the road equipped with cargo warehouses, aviation express, postal air express and business jet base. The cargo warehouse covers an area of more than 110,000 square meters.

The massive passenger terminal structure of the new airport is composed of one main terminal, two connected terminals and four main corridors. The connected terminals and passenger corridors are symmetrically situated on the two sides of the main terminal, which is centered on the central axis of the new airport with the left and right sides symmetrical to each other.

The terminal building covers an area spanning 350,000 square meters and is expected to manage more than 25 Million passengers per year through 2010. The exterior of the terminal building features a natural smooth arc anchored by a massive steel superstructure and gleaming glass walls. This magnificent glass and steel terminal “palace” - from east to west - spans 220 meters and a ceiling height of more than 55 meters. The roof of the main terminal building is made of transparent copings in a tension film structure.

The overall ambiance of the main building offers travelers an elegant style with a relaxed cultured modern flavor, illustrating the Pearl River Delta’s transportation “leap forward” into the future. In the center of the terminal are 32 palm trees which have been safely chemically treated to remain vibrant and colorful.

The airport’s flight zone covers an area of more than 720,000 square meters and is divided into two flight areas with two individual runways paralleling each other. The east flight area was designed with ICAO 4F airport standards, meeting the requirements for the maximum take-off weight of the largest Airbus A380 aircraft. The west flight area was designed with ICAO 4E airport standards. The runway in the east flight area is 3,800m x 60m - while the runway in the west flight area is 3,600m x 45m.

The two runways are equipped with paralleled taxiways. The distance between the center lines of the two runways is 2,200 meters. The south end of the west runway staggers south 400 meters from the south end of the east runway. Each runway has six exit taxiways. The apron covers an area of 860,000 square meters with available parking for 66 aircraft.

Between the east and west runways are three linking bridges (with one in the north and two in the south), specially designed for aircraft to taxi between the east and west runways. The linking bridge in the north and the one in the south are currently the widest aircraft taxi bridges in mainland China as well as the largest spanned bridge with the widest bridge surface in China. Passengers, entering the new airport from both the south and north by car, will be able to see aircraft taxiing across these bridges.

The new airport is equipped with more than 8,000 lights - at a cost of more than RMB 160 Million. The varied lights for guaranteeing aircraft take-off and landings are all under computer control with all interior lighting brightness automatically adjusted.

The airport’s new office complex is the central operational center for aircraft both in flight and taxiing on the tarmac … and is equipped with flight service facilities for air traffic control, communication navigation, cable communications, flight information and weather service.

In addition, the complex operates four sets of instrument landing systems with one positioned in each end of the two runways, radar monitoring system and air traffic control (ATC) service system networked with the Xiling Regional Air Traffic Management Center located in the northwest quadrant of the new airport.

The ATC tower at the new airport is 112 meters high and is the highest point of the complex with 14 control & monitoring positions including seven designated for the east runway, six for the west and one main position.

Parking is available for private automobiles is situated on the south and north sides of the terminal building with open parking on the south side (220,000 square meters) and the parking structure on the north side (460,000 square meters) offer a joint capacity of more than 4,800 vehicles.

A wide-ranging transportation network from Guangzhou City includes an airport express rail service which will link-up with the current four lines of the Guangzhou subway to form an extensive transportation system which will speed passengers from north subway terminus on the ground floor within the main terminal building. Passengers in Guangzhou, even those in southern end of Panyu District will be able to take the subway directly to the terminal building.

The south-entrance road is linked to the new airport highway, northward running through the two paralleled runways and then connected to National Highway 1908.

With this convenient ground transportation network, passengers can easily reach the new airport from nearly any direction.

As the major anchor carrier at the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China Southern Airlines has been actively participating in the varied preparations for the new airport, including the complex’s feasibility study and overall design.

Giving full consideration to safe flight operations at the new airport, China Southern Airlines has also reserved significant space for its future development at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. China Southern Airlines’ new airport base is located in the south and north areas of the new complex, with its office complex and the air catering company in the south and cargo facility, aircraft maintenance, field services and 110KV high voltage power converting station in the north.

The two south and north areas are separated by the terminal building, forming the two major zones for China Southern Airlines’ base office complex and operations, serving as a strong support for the new airport base’s modern operations and all domestic and international carriers’ operations.

In addition to managing 25 Million passengers each year, the new airport’s current construction is designed to move more than 1 Million tons of cargo annually through 2010. North of the terminal building, an additional second passenger terminal, apron and linking bridges is planned for the new airport’s second phase as the third runway is planned for the future.

It already opened. Pictures?

Everyone is saying that this ariport is gonna to be high rival to Hong Kong's CHEK LAP KOK Airport... is it real?

Everyone is saying that this ariport is gonna to be high rival to Hong Kong's CHEK LAP KOK Airport... is it real?



NAH! HKIA forever!

www.chinaview.cn 2004-08-06 20:23:48


BEIJING, Aug. 6 -- With the opening of Guangzhou's newBaiyun airport Thursday, China's plan to build three key airport hubs on the mainland was accelerated.

As China's first airport designed and constructed according to the hub idea, the new Baiyun airport will have an important influence on China's overall civil aviation development, said director Yang Yuanyuan of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China.

The hub construction is intended to help form China's civil aviation network, with hubs, second-class airports, regional airports interacted and help enhance China's key airlines' competitive edge.

Most nations with strong aviation capability have already developed hubs. Zhang Chunlin, president of the Guangdong Airport Management Company said the construction of China's hub airports will make better use of flight resources, meaning that major airlines fly key routes and smaller airlines fly regional routes. Domestic transferring aircraft can make connections via hubs and international passengers can fly abroad through hubs, thus airlineare expected to increase their frequencies and passenger volume aswell as to reduce their operation costs.

A significant Sino-US aviation agreement was signed 10 days agoto offer more traffic rights to both US and Chinese airlines ushering China's aviation industry into a more open and competitive era.

Yang said after three hubs are finished in Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai, the three hub-based airlines China Southern, China Eastern and Air China will develop more quickly and increase theirinternational positions.

Zhang said the main function of the Baiyun airport will be domestic routes, while Hong Kong airport will specialize in international routes. Domestic cargo can be collected from the Baiyun airport and transferred to Hong Kong and then to other nations. International cargo can be transferred via Hong Kong and then distributed in the Baiyun airport to Chinese cities. Meanwhile Shenzhen and Zhuhai airports which are within the same province as the Guangzhou Baiyun can also join hands to make regional transportation.

Experts have said the Baiyun airport will be a model for the construction of Beijing and Shanghai airport hubs, which have neighboring Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Hangzhou and Nanjing airports. Enditem

The new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport began operating Thursday as scheduled.

China Southern's CZ3932 made the first take-off at 7 am, journeying to Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan Province.

And an international flight with the tail number CZ328 from Los Angeles made the first stop at the new airport.

The area's old airport ceased operations when the last flight to Zhanjiang, a city in the south of Guangdong Province, took off right on time at 22:50 pm on Wednesday. That ended 72 years of service there.

The old airport handled 520 flights with 55,000 passengers on Wednesday.

According to Qi Yaoming, an executive of the Guangdong Airport Administration Group, the new airport will have 555 flights arriving or departing on the first day of its official operation, entertaining 43,000 passengers.

"The operation of the new airport has been right on track so far," he told China Daily in a telephone interview.

He said that he is fully confident of the smooth operation of the airport, in view of the three successful operational rehearsals previously and all the efforts to solve any defect detected during the rehearsals.

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US$2.4b airport opens on Thursday and is seen taking a big slice of HK's cargo traffic too

GUANGZHOU'S US$2.4 billion state-of-the-art airport will open on Thursday in China's export heartland, posing a potent new threat to nearby Hong Kong's position as Asia's second-biggest air hub.

Baiyun Airport will attempt to become the air transport hub for the Pearl River Delta, southern China, and connect with south-east Asia,' Huang Hua Hua, the governor of Guangdong province, told officials.

The opening of the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was delayed by more than a month due to technical glitches.

An official yesterday said that all problems have 'basically' been solved. 'We have the most advanced technology, and it has been tested many times, so we hope to avoid any problems.'

The 350,000 sq m, granite-floored and glass-walled terminal can accommodate 25 million passengers a year and the airport, which has two runways, can handle 1.2 million tonnes of air freight, the world's third-highest cargo capacity.

Yesterday, workers could be seen making final checks of machinery at the cargo terminal. Farmers in straw hats peered through fencing as a China Southern Airlines plane made a ceremonial landing at what will be its new hub.

The old Baiyun, or 'white cloud', airport opened 17km away in 1957 and can no longer accommodate the surging numbers of passengers and freight traffic fuelled by the region's economic boom. It is notorious for flight delays and will see its final departure tomorrow.

China is the world's fastest growing aviation market and it is expected to order 1,900 new planes worth US$165 billion by 2022, according to Boeing Co.

Once the second phase of the airport is completed, which is expected around 2010, the new Baiyun will be able to handle 80 million passengers and 2.5 million tonnes of cargo a year.

In Sars-hit 2003, 15 million people passed through the old Baiyun, which handled 544,000 tonnes of cargo, 6.3 per cent less than 2002.

By contrast, Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport, Asia's second busiest after Tokyo's Haneda, handled 27.3 million passengers and 2.6 million tonnes of cargo.

Located a two-hour drive from Hong Kong in the heart of the Pearl River Delta, which produces over one-third of China's exports, the new airport is expected to snare a big slice of China's cargo market.

US express carrier FedEx is considering moving its Asia hub from the Philippines to Guangzhou.

'What you're going to see is the pie getting larger and larger. But yes, a smaller percentage of goods will come out of Hong Kong,' David Cunningham, FedEx's Asia Pacific president, said last week. Hong Kong's airport is the largest handler of international cargo but 70-80 per cent of that freight comes from the Pearl River Delta.

Air France, Lufthansa and Thai Airways are among about a dozen international passenger carriers that fly to Guangzhou.

Northwest Airlines will begin flying daily to Guangzhou from Detroit via Tokyo from Oct 31 after a newly signed Sino-US air services agreement will increase by more than four-fold the number of commercial and cargo flights.

To fend off competition from Guangzhou, Hong Kong airport has launched direct ferry boat services to cities in China and is considering opening a check-in centre in the Pearl River Delta. It is also offering reductions on landing charges to airlines flying to new destinations from Hong Kong.

'We think our market extends into the Pearl River Delta and obviously Guangzhou thinks that's their market too, so we are competitors,' said David Pang, CEO of Hong Kong's airport authority. - Reuters

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Latest Updated by 2004-07-06 10:12:08

Click into Special Report on Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport Guide>>

The opening of Guangzhou's new Baiyun airport will not pose a threat to Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport because of their complementary roles and rising demand for air-traffic services in the whole Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) region.

The Economic Development and Labour Bureau said this after the Guangzhou government announced that the new Baiyun airport will come into service later this year.

Announcing details of the airport's capacity and infrastructure facilities at a press ¡¡conference yesterday, Guangzhou Vice-Mayor Lin Yuanhe said that although competitions are bound to intensify, the airport can serve as a complement to the other four airports in the Pearl River Delta area, including Chek Lap Kok airport.

The new airport was built to cater to the economic and social development of Guangzhou. It did not aim to replace Chek Lap Kok as each has its own competitive edge, he stressed.

'We should focus on how the resources can be integrated and make the cake bigger,' Lin said.

The 19.8 billion yuan (US$2.4 billion)-worth new airport is designed to ultimately have five runways handling up to 80 million passengers each year, which is close to Chek Lap Kok's current capacity.

A spokesperson for the Economic Development and Labour Bureau yesterday conceded that 'airport development in neighbouring regions, including new Baiyun airport, will bring a certain kind of competition unavoidably'.

But under the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) and PPRD closer regional co-operation scheme, the demand for air-traffic services will be hugely increased, he said.

'It will bring a new room for airports in the region to attain further growth in terms of passengers and cargo-handling services,' the bureau said in a press release.

It said the government will continue to expand Hong Kong's air connectivity and enable airlines to provide more air routes and links to the rest of the world.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong Airport Authority said they will seek any form of co-ordination and co-operation with new Baiyun airport to stimulate business growth.

A spokesperson for the authority said, 'The PPRD region is a potential and giant market and many manufacturing industries are rapidly developing there. We believe passengers and cargo-handling services will continue to expand in the region.' The authority will strengthen co-operation with other airports to enhance the overall competitiveness as a whole, she said.

Logistics experts and academics called on Hong Kong and Guangzhou authorities to co-ordinate in airport contingency planning and risk management.

For instance, in case of any emergency cases at Hong Kong's airport, Guangzhou can back up Hong Kong and air traffic could be diverted to the mainland, suggested James Wang, a council member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

He said that the new Baiyun airport and Chek Lap Kok serve different roles and functions.

Hong Kong's airport is a regional airfreight hub in Asia, while Baiyun airport aims to serve as Southern China's air hub, said Wang, who is also the associate professor of the University of Hong Kong's Department of Geography.

Cargo business is still constrained by lack of international connectivity of Guangzhou's airport.

'The two airports can complement each other as Hong Kong can share its expertise and experience in air-traffic management with Guangzhou.

Wang said the Airport Authority could study purchasing the stake of new Baiyun airport if the mainland authorities privatize the airport in future.

Helen Fu, vice-president of Hong Kong Logistics Association, said the SAR should continue to improve its air connectivity and services to maintain its dominant position as a regional airfreight hub in Asia.

At present, more than 70 airlines operate in Hong Kong, which has air links with 130 overseas destinations.

Guangzhou Airport by Kurt Müller

9 July 2004

A few words of warning to arriving passengers about a taxi scam at Baiyun Airport. Upon arrival today, I proceeded to take a taxi from outside the international terminal. I was immediately set upon by two or three taxi drivers, the first one offering to take me to Zhongshan for RMB 800 (with the going rate being RMB 300). In the face of competition, he finally accepted RMB 300 plus return toll charges – instead of the meter reading. A few minutes into the ride, he professed to have no money for the tolls ahead, so I settled the entire expected fare of RMB 400 with him. To my surprise, he handed me back RMB 300, saying he would take this once we had arrived at our destination. I did, however, immediately notice that the returned notes were not only brand new (when I had presented him with used notes) but – as it were – fresh from the printing press, albeit not that operated by the Bank of China. In fact, two of the notes he returned to me carried the same serial number, and all three were clearly colour copies (only an image of the metal thread as opposed to the real thing). I returned them to the taxi driver with an appropriate comment, upon which he turned unpleasant, drove to a taxi interchange on the outskirts of Canton and tried to get me to change to another taxi (without any refund of the RMB 400 he had pocketed). Upon my insistence, he carried on but after leaving the motorway outside of Zhongshan, tried to renegotiate the fare, pointing at the meter he had not turned off and which was by now showing RMB 470 (of which RMB 45 had already been displayed when I boarded at Baiyun Airport. Only when I threatened to call the police did I finally get to my destination.



Guangzhou Airport by Iain Roberts

28 June 2004

Guangzhou airport, what can I say? I work in and around some of the Uk airports and I wish we could have the freedom to sell livestock in our departures areas, it would add a new dimension to retailing in the UK. 'Fresh fruit for you flight sir?' is not something I ever hear in the UK! We could however learn a lot from the Chinese on customer service and general friendliness. However I would warn anyone against getting into a taxi at the airport without know approximately how much your ride will cost. When I got in, I did know and the taxi driver didn't get away with doubling my fare, they depend upon people not knowing to bump up the prices. The new airport will be an asset to Guangzhou and the whole of China when it is built, as it will make this superb country more accessible to the rest of the world. Oh, the toilets are 3rd world though, make sure you go before you get off your plane or leave your destination!



Guangzhou Airport by Kevin Johns

13 May 2004

It's kind of obvious that CAN airport is a dump. I can say one thing though - I have never received my bags getting off a plane faster than CAN. I was in business class in seat 1A so I was first off the plane - I waited for less than two minutes for my bags. The new airport is slated to open by the end of the year. US airlines are already jockeying for gates - United is in the lead.



Guangzhou Airport by HaThanh Leviet

25 January 2004

I also heard about the new airport for Guangzhou city. Don't know when it will be used yet but a new airport is a MUST for this city. We have been living China on a business contract for 3 years already and we have to travel through GZ airport every month and I think this is the worst airport I have ever seen. The international departure hall is a mess, very tiny and always crowded. The domestic even worst. Very little choice of food and price is crazy. I suffered the trafic jam on the way to the plane for boarding twice so we had to wait in the bus for about 20 minutes. outside the building, the taxi were a mess. Taxi was very dirty, the driver didn't want to use the meters but try to bargain for the price which was very difficult for foreigners who did not speak their language. I think the airport should organize a better taxi service.



Guangzhou Airport by Philippe Armstrong

8 August 2003

I have used Baiyun International Airport three times now and I must say that it is great that a new airport is being built. The airport is quite simply terrible. The parking is a nightmare, the service awful, the toilets look like third world toilets and are very dirty. There is such a limited number of restaurants and the prices are ridiculous. Thank goodness that in 2004 we will be in a good airport.



Guangzhou Airport by R Ellis

4 August 2003

Guangzhou Airport is downright ugly. However, terminal services are surprisingly quick and efficient. By the time to you reach immigration - all your luggage will have reached the baggage carousel! They arrange planes on the tarmac like cars in a car park! I am continuously amazed at the logistical efficiency of this airport!

It already opened. Pictures?

My friend

Go to check here (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=124223) :)

Everyone is saying that this ariport is gonna to be high rival to Hong Kong's CHEK LAP KOK Airport... is it real?

It's a win-win situation. The opening of New Baiyun Airport is an entire upgrade in infrastructure in the Pearl Delta Region and keeps the PDR competitive.

這是一個雙贏局面．新白雲機場的開幕是整個珠江三角洲基建的提升，令珠三角保持競爭能力．

Good evening every one, There should some many pictures design of the new Guangzhou airport.

Good bye

Does anyone have any pictures of the new terminal in Dalian international airport, since it pened on the 16th??

If anyone has pictures of any airports in China, please post them here. Thanks.

I took these on the mag-lev train as it was pulling into the Pudong International Airport station.

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Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (西安咸阳国际机场 )

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While the Xi'an Xianyang International Airport looks nice, it doesn't look that different from most of the newer airports found in mainland China.

Which cities in China have international airports?

Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Dalian, Qingdao, Nanjing, Kunming, Chongqing, Xiamen, where else?

Which cities in China have international airports?

Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Dalian, Qingdao, Nanjing, Kunming, Chongqing, Xiamen, where else?
Urumqi, I remember that it has flights to Central Asia and Russia if I'm not mistaken...

there are border towns which have flights to a town 400 km away in a bordering country, do they count?

the main aviation hubs in mainland China are Beijing, Shanghai Guangzhou, then Dalian, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Chengdu and KUnming to southeast Asian countries.

I'm asking about ALL of China's international airports. I would think that there are a lot.

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Very nice pictures...

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Urumqi

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Jinan International Airport

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Qingdao Airport

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Nice. All international airports in China are cladded with glass? They looked very modern, clean and in a way consistent.

Shenzhen Airport

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any guangzhou? but diffrent pics? :D

Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport

Should be look like this after completing all stages. Right now only the first stage has completed, but it's already opened last August.

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thanks for the pics, havent seen most of them.... if theres more please feel free to post more up!!! :D

重庆机场
Chongqing Airport

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The last time I hear that Tsingtao international airport design by a german architecture firm run into trouble(To modern!?)
what is the present status.

I thought Qingdao already had a built/ finished airport...

Only the domestic airport. The last time I visited Qingdao which was several months ago, the international airport was still under construction.

Follow the link below, you'll find one photo of Qingdao Airport.

Airport photos in China (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=214415&page=1&pp=20)

Nice airports. I don't like the Chongqing one though, the departure level is nice but whats up with the blue floor and the ovalish window?

I think xian had a very nice airport.

I think xian had a very nice airport.

I think many airports in China basically are the same... just a different exterior. Also, what is with the Chinese letters of the city on every single airport?

Beijing

http://www.yangtsegorges.ukgateway.net/p12/027_11a.jpg

Will beijings airport be refitted/refurbished for the 2008 olympics?

Will beijings airport be refitted/refurbished for the 2008 olympics?

They're building a new one.

Check this thread out its about the new Beijing Terminal

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=276618

Wow!! amazing airports!!

greetings from Colombia!!

Will beijings airport be refitted/refurbished for the 2008 olympics?



i read it in the internet that there will be a new airport in beijing. i dont dont know where it will be constructed but i think it will be finish before 2008. the architect is Norman foster. check this site for more details www.fosterandpartners.com

Wow - very nice airports. Beautiful architecture. Congratulations!

Kunming New International Airport is going to build on the north of the city,
Kunming Wujiaba International Airport is already the 7th biggest airport in China.

chengdu shuangliu International Airport is the 6th of mainland china

Chongqing's airport could've been better designed. It looks like it has tons of geometric imperfections and glaring appearance shortcuts. Even if this were done on purpose by the architect, it does not give a very good impression.

My current favourites are Hangzhou Xiaoshan and Guangzhou Baiyun (very beautiful airport). Qingdao is not bad, but I don't like Pudong airport.

i read it in the internet that there will be a new airport in beijing. i dont dont know where it will be constructed but i think it will be finish before 2008. the architect is Norman foster. check this site for more details www.fosterandpartners.com


They're already building it.

As I posted above its here:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=276618

I have been in Guangzhou in 2002, but i arrived/departed from the old airport. What an amazing airport is this new one!!!

Nothing to compare with the old one!!!

Huanglong Airport, Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan Province

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/huanglong.jpg

I agree with Raymond that many of the airports are basically the same, although I would go further and say that even the exteroirs are pretty similar. The same expanse of greenish glass, same curving roof, same supports. Shenzhen's new terminals especially look very similar to Shanghai's and Xian's (in the front). I know this is a cultural thing, but a little carpet here and there would be nice as would some good space planning.

nice airports

I may well be the only person on this forum who's flown in and out of Tianjin Airport. While the runway is capable of handling 747 jets, the airport itself is actually tiny. I'm from Green Bay, Wisconsin, a tiny city of about 100,000, and their airport dwarf's Tianjin. That's going to have to change in the next few years, because even with the addition to capital airport in Beijing, the Chinese government will need to shift substantial amounts of air traffic to Tianjin.

So there are plans right now to create a new terminal and build an additional runway, using the existing terminal, (I believe) for cargo only, and shifting all passenger transport to the new one. They're hoping to have it completed late 2007, early 2008, in time for the Beijing Olympics, which is hosting several events in Tianjin. I've got some renderings of the new airport. These are, as far as I've been told, the final design which has been approved and is currently under construction.

Here's a pic of the current airport:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Clashman99/Tianjin%20Airport/200509241149053591.jpg

Here's a map of where the new terminal will be, (the old terminal should be near the left-hand side of the left runway):
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Clashman99/Tianjin%20Airport/1682803_862972.jpg

And here's the renderings for what the new terminal should look like:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Clashman99/Tianjin%20Airport/9a936c1ea1a97746672fcf57795ea2e5.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Clashman99/Tianjin%20Airport/fcf9ebd28867ce8a59a72b52f5d5e17f.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Clashman99/Tianjin%20Airport/d5a7818eaa07771c6b653a6b06b99a5a.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/Clashman99/Tianjin%20Airport/9cce7c6912fcfcb02e9c1744a035ed53.jpg

The information about this all comes from the following articles:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060106/3/xh6w.html
http://house.enorth.com.cn/system/2005/12/21/001193357.shtml
http://www.britishdesign.co.uk/index.php?page=newlook/ddview&project_id=1359
http://bbs.feeeco.com/upload/20050924/200509241149053591.jpg


I've uploaded the pictures to photobucket to avoid leeching.

That's pretty sweet. China's definately an urban planner/ designer's utopia!

Well, I don't know about that. I think China could definately be awarded that title for designer. Urban planning, however, can be an absolute nightmare here. China has made a lot of design choices in it's planning that look good on paper but in practical, real life situations often make things a pain in the but. If you go to a lot of recently designed parks in China, you'll see that they're made in a huge, grandiose scale, and look really neat in postcards. What happens though, is that you often just end up walking across a big, giant, empty plaza with a huge piece of corporate art in the center. It can bore the tears out of you.

Well, I don't know about that. I think China could definately be awarded that title for designer. Urban planning, however, can be an absolute nightmare here. China has made a lot of design choices in it's planning that look good on paper but in practical, real life situations often make things a pain in the but. If you go to a lot of recently designed parks in China, you'll see that they're made in a huge, grandiose scale, and look really neat in postcards. What happens though, is that you often just end up walking across a big, giant, empty plaza with a huge piece of corporate art in the center. It can bore the tears out of you.

I assume you're talking about places like Pudong in Shanghai. If that's correct, I completely agree with you. Its not a very pedestrian-friendly area and its also lacking in life. Its grandiose like you said, but yea... it can bore the tears out of you. Why couldn't they make Pudong like other downtowns in the world?

pudong is never a downtown in Shanghai. It's only the new created CBD area. This is different from most of the western cities where CBD is equal to the downtown.

Nanjing Lukou Airport

http://www.gakei.com/nkg/nkga01.jpg

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Link: http://www.gakei.com/nkg/nkga.htm

pudong is never a downtown in Shanghai. It's only the new created CBD area. This is different from most of the western cities where CBD is equal to the downtown.

That's what I mean... I asked why could Shanghai make Pudong like OTHER downtowns where I suppose its pedestrian-friendly, lively, etc.

BTW, it really depends on what a CBD and what a downtown means to you. I consider them the same.

can anyone gimme the link of the underconstruction of the new airport at beijing......some info on it and the renderings>>>>

china is a designer's paradise!!!

I asked why could Shanghai make Pudong like OTHER downtowns where I suppose its pedestrian-friendly, lively, etc.

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Because the pedestrian-friendly, lively downtown is already on the otherside of the river. If you go to district ib Toyko where the new government head quarters towers are situate, you will have the same feeling.

The renderings in here are the only ones I've been able to find thus far. When I go back to Tianjin I might head out there to see if any progress has been made.

Ok, I was able to dig up a few more of them:

http://www.zb100.cn/tjjc/8.jpg
http://www.zb100.cn/tjjc/9.jpg
http://www.zb100.cn/tjjc/11.jpg
http://www.zb100.cn/tjjc/7.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/246/455699732_8c74e77bcd_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/455699736_84c7396d42_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/455699752_257e43c7f4_o.jpg

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什么时候要开始建？好亮

Whoa! That's one funky new airport for Chengdu! But why does it have only two runways?! I mean, how can Chengdu be less ambitious than Chongqing when, in fact, it gets way more traffic than Chongqing actually does at current statistics.

Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport's expansion plans, meanwhile calls for 4 runways! :banana:

so this one is the 3rd airport in chengdu? or they're gonna demolish the 1st (super old) and 2nd one?

Whoa! That's one funky new airport for Chengdu! But why does it have only two runways?! I mean, how can Chengdu be less ambitious than iChongqing when, in fact, it gets way more traffic than Chongqing actually does at current statistics.

Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport's expansion plans, meanwhile calls for 4 runways! :banana:

because the Greater Chongqing area have 30million residences.

I've been to Chengdu Shuangliu International airport many times, every time, only the big light sign"chengdu" on top of the building reminds me that this is "chengdu" airport but not any mediocre airports in China.Chengdu airport certainly has its own characteristics, you can find signboards marked "迎客" indicating "Arrival" and "送客" showing direction of "Departure".
I cannot wait to see new extension of Chengdu airport which will finally make it a true "International" airport

because the Greater Chongqing area have 30million residences.
Do you know how big Chongqing is?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/China-Chongqing.png

Judging from that map, it's about the same size as Taiwan, if not bigger! :lol:

Hi VVVV!!
Chengtu mean chengdu the same??

Up to now, Chongqing Airport is good. Simple in design, easy to operate. The work of some UK consultancy firm.

Hi VVVV!!
Chengtu mean chengdu the same??

yes must be

How many passengers will it be able to handle?

about 34 million passengers p.a.

That Guangzhou Airport expansion (the one where it expands to a 80,000,000-passenger-a-year capacity) should be under construction right about now.

OMG! A three year old thread bought back to life. I thought this was a new thread.... arrgh!

hell
a thread of 2004....

Since the first post said the new terminal should be under construction now, will the new terminal be built in phases?

very nice roof! i really like that blue and red color glass or somthin on the roof and ceilings.. :cool:

How many passengers will it be able to handle when completed?

I've read that Beijing and Tianjin are supposed to be studying the construction of an airport somewhere between these cities so that it can serve both of them and alleviate Beijing Capital International Airport, whose traffic might top 100 milion passengers a year within 2015. 51.5 mill y/y last may and growing by 15% (source (http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-212-218-224_666_2__)).

Tianjin definitely needs a decent airport.

In 2006, Tianjin airport handled 2.8 million passengers, with a year-on-year increase of 26.3 percent; 100,000 tons of cargo, up 20.9 percent; 55,000 flights, up 15.8 percent.

http://economy.enorth.com.cn/system/2007/04/04/001597435.shtml

2.8 mln is a miserable figure for a city like Tianjin. Can't wait for the new terminal to open in March 2008!

http://pic.enorth.com.cn/0/02/13/41/2134103_966168.jpg

floor plan of the terminal looks like a liltle bird or a plane.. :cool:

It is said that the roof of the new terminal will be like a kite,haha

The superstructure of the airport is pretty much done. I saw it when I flew in there last week, but wasn't able to take pictures. Now, I left my camera charger in the U.S. and have to wait for some time before it gets here.

http://www.geocities.com/aseantraveler/guankul.jpg (http://www.airasia.com/site/ch/en/home.jsp)

great!!!!awesome...it's likely that China will be a country of super+marvelous airport!!!!

国内2007年客运吞吐量前40排名
机场 旅客吞吐量（客流单位：万人） Unit: 10,000
2007年排名 2007年客流 2006年排名 2006年客流
北京 1 5331 1 4874.8
广州 2 3095 3 2622.2
上海浦东 3 2895.15 2 2678.8
上海虹桥 4 2261.49 4 1933.6
深圳 5 2061.9 5 1835.6
成都 6 1857.6 6 1628
昆明 7 1572.9 7 1444.3
杭州 8 1173 8 992
西安 9 1137 9 936.9
重庆 10 1035 10 805
厦门 11 868.5 11 750
武汉 12 835 17 610.1
长沙 13 808 14 659.3
南京 14 803.7 16 626.9
青岛 15 787 12 679.1
大连 16 728.1 15 635.1
海口 17 726.5 13 666.9
沈阳 18 620 18 534.4
乌鲁木齐 19 617 19 513.6
三亚 20 530 21 390.6
郑州 21 500.21 22 388
桂林 22 466.51 20 399.9
哈尔滨 23 443 26 364.3
济南 24 436.3 25 369.6
贵阳 25 424.8 24 371.8
福州 26 410 23 379.4
天津 27 386.1 30 276.7
太原 28 361.3 29 284.3
温州 29 358.8 27 304.6
宁波 30 330.02 28 297.2
南昌 31 308 31 276.4
南宁 32 291 32 224.4
长春 33 267 33 222.7
兰州 34 225 34 186.1
合肥 35 222.75 35 185.1
丽江 36 190.62 37 154.3
西双版纳 37 185 36 159.4
张家界 　 175 38 153.7
呼和浩特 　 175 39 150.7
烟台 40 164 40 141.9

^^ Can you please translate the names of all those airports to English.

Thanks. :cheers:

Domestic passenger throughput in 2007 ranked 40
Airport Passenger Throughput (Unit: 10,000)
2007 rankings - in 2007 passenger traffic - in 2006 ranked - 2006 passenger traffic
1. Beijing 5331 1 4874.8
2. Guangzhou 3095 3 2622.2
3. Shanghai Pudong 2895.15 2 2678.8
4. Shanghai Hongqiao 2261.49 4 1933.6
5. Shenzhen 2061.9 5 1835.6
6 .Chengdu 1857.6 6 1628
7. Kunming 1572.9 7 1444.3
8. Hangzhou 1173 8 992
9. Xi'an 1137 9 936 .9
10. Chongqing 1035 10 805
11. Xiamen 868.5 11 750
12. Wuhan 835 17 610.1
13. Changsha 808 14 659.3
14. Nanjing 803.7 16 626.9
15. Qingdao 787 12 679.1
16. Dalian 728.1 15 635.1
17. Haikou 726.5 13 666.9
18. Shenyang 620 18 534.4
19. Urumqi 617 19 513.6
20. Sanya 530 21 390.6
21. Zhengzhou 500.21 22 388
22. Guilin 466.51 20 399.9
23. Harbin 443 26 364.3
24. Jinan 436.3 25 369.6
25. Guiyang 424.8 24 371.8
26. Fuzhou 410 23 379.4
27. Tianjin 386.1 30 276.7
28. Taiyuan 361.3 29 284.3
29. Wenzhou 358.8 27 304.6
30. Ningbo 330.02 28 297.2
31. Nanchang 308 31 27.64
32. Nanning 291 32 224.4
33. Changchun 267 33 222.7
34. Lanzhou 225 34 186.1
35. Hefei 222.75 35 185.1
36. Lijiang 190.62 37 154.3
37. Xishuangbanna 185 36 159.4
38. Zhangjiajie 175 38 153.7
39. Hohhot 175 39 150.7
40. Yantai 164 40 141.9

Google translation is a good tool :) Pay attention to the Unit:10,000 (Chinese way) not million.

^^ Thanks for that. :D

:cheers: :cheers2:

Check November 2007 figures from ACI website. Guangzhou has joined the list of world's top 30 busiest airports for first time. On the other hand, the growth of Beijing has slowed to 1%, why?

http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-212-218-223_666_2__

^^ yes, Guangzhou passed Shanghai Pudong in 2007 but I expect Pudong will get it back in 2008 after its T2 opens.

I don't know what happened in Nov 2007 for Beijing Capitol Airport but the 2007 whole year BCIA growth is 10.4%. The growth will be higher in 2008 due to the Olympic games.

^^ I check ACI rankings every month. Beijing airport has started that sharp slowing around August, no idea about the reason. Should it speed up after they open the new terminal?

Check November 2007 figures from ACI website. Guangzhou has joined the list of world's top 30 busiest airports for first time. On the other hand, the growth of Beijing has slowed to 1%, why?

http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-5-212-218-223_666_2__

I think that's because Tianjin started to compete with Beijing.Tianjin is always a major contributor to Beijing airport while since its upgraded official position by central gov't,Tianjin didn't want to be too far behind any longer(Have a look how small Tianjin airport is currently,that's fucking hilarious for such a metropolis like Tianjin).Some airline companies were established in Tianjin over past two years and now the affect began.

BTW,for the first month of this year,Chongqing caught up with Hangzhou and Xi'an for the first time.The reason is quite similar to Tianjin.Ungraded official position and establishment of two airline firms in CQ.

^^ I check ACI rankings every month. Beijing airport has started that sharp slowing around August, no idea about the reason. Should it speed up after they open the new terminal?

I remember due to the over-crowded terminals last year, BCIA canceled some domestic routes to assure the flight punctuality, which might be the reason.

Thanks for your explanations, guys :)

Beijing to get 2nd commercial airport by 2015, aviation regulator says

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Beijing will have a second commercial airport by 2015, said Yang Guoqing, deputy director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation (CAAC).

Sites in Beijing and neighboring areas in Tianjin and Hebei are being considered, Yang told journalists at a media briefing hosted by the CAAC and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the top government planning agency.

'The existing Beijing airport will not undergo any more major revamps,' said Yang. 'The capital needs to build a second airport.'

Yang said the CAAC has submitted a report on the second airport plan to the central government, and it will now be up to the NDRC to organize a preliminary feasibility study.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong-listed Beijing Capital International Airport Co Ltd, which runs terminals one and two at the existing Capital Airport, is expected to acquire the new third terminal from its parent, Capital Airports Holding Co, during the first quarter of this year, said Zhang Zhizhong, general manager of the parent.

The new terminal is scheduled to be fully operational from Feb 29.

Zhang said the third terminal represents a total investment of 27 bln yuan, to be recovered over 12 years.

He said traffic growth at the airport would rebound to about 20 pct per year once the new terminal opens. Capital Airport handled 53 mln passengers in 2007, up 9 pct from from 48.65 mln the previous year.

Passenger growth fell sharply last year when the CAAC began reducing the number of domestic flights from mid-August to reduce congestion at major airports.

The regulator ordered Capital Airport to reduce its flights by 336 to 1,050 per day as of October. The result was a sudden decline in growth of passenger traffic to 0.4 pct year-on-year in September from the double-digit levels of the first half of 2007.

Current projections call for Capital Airport to be handling 76 mln passengers and more than 500,000 aircraft movements per year by 2015.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/01/30/afx4590997.html

I saw the sky shot of the new T3. The size of it is about 4 or 5 times of the size of T1 and T2 combined. So I won't be surprised if there is a 20% or even 30% passenger increase in 2008.

Hi Jerzy from Krakow Poland
Is any hope for other airports from China
Wishe you all the best.

Jerzy

I'm sure traffic is increasing all the time in mainland Chinese airports. But does the traffic truly warrant building additional airports in cities like Beijing?

The last time I visited Beijing & Shanghai, the airports still felt somewhat empty.

^^ when is the last time you were there? It's weird because I visited Beijing and Shanghai for a couple of times last year, they were both very crowded airports.

And Beijing airport cut a couple of domestic routes last year to make sure other flights can take off on time.

imo, it's high time for the two cities to have more comfortale civil aviation facilities.

^^ yes, Guangzhou passed Shanghai Pudong in 2007 but I expect Pudong will get it back in 2008 after its T2 opens.

I don't know what happened in Nov 2007 for Beijing Capitol Airport but the 2007 whole year BCIA growth is 10.4%. The growth will be higher in 2008 due to the Olympic games.

Really? But Guangzhou Airport phase 2 project is also under construction.

^^ Shanghai Pudong will open in March (next month) and Guangzhou Baiyun phase II can not be finished until 2010. So Pudong seems to have a edge during the year of 2008.

Kunming is on 7th position. After the new airport of Kunming finished, it will be the NO. 4 in mainland. Go, Kunming!

^^ do you know when the new kunming airport opens?

hey, big-dog, check this out at:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=401560

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Nice pics but FYI there's already a PVG T2 thread on international Infrastructure forum.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=19294164#post19294164

Sanya Phoenix International Airport, Hainan Province (carnoc.com)

http://pic.feeyo.com/pic/20080506/200805061052504444.jpg

http://pic.feeyo.com/pic/20080508/200805081108446994.jpg

^ looks more like a tropical resort.

^^ good eye. Sanya is a resort city located in Hainan Island of South China.

Kangding airport (康定机场), Sichuan Province

Standing 4,280 meters above sea level, the Kangding airport is the world's second in height only to the Qamdo airport of Tibet Autonomous Region.

The test flight ends the history of lacking civilian flight in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The airport was designed to handle 330,000 passengers and 1,980 tons of cargo and mail annually. The airport will not operate until May 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

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City of Kangding
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Sorry for offtopic, but Kangding seems quite developed for a sichuan village. I´m happy to see the economic development in villages and towns in the inland. Has Kangding been affected by the earthquake?

Nice; Shenyang airport looks so cute, with all the supertalls under construction, they'll need a 2nd runway very soon!

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The final masterplain of T2,CTU ( Chengdu shuangliu international airport) .with one brandnew runway and terminal , are supposed to finish until the end of 2009:):cheers:

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Some Shanghai and Beijing new terminal I got from flickr. I thought that I wanna share, because it looks very impressive to me!

Shanghai:

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And these are some photos of Beijing T3:
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Xi'an Xianyang Airport bird view

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Xi'an Airport phase II will be finished 2011, the airport will build the 2nd runway, a 3rd terminal and a capacity of 26 million pax.

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LiJiang Airport
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There's something Sim-City-like about the last one.

Weihai wendeng airport (Shandong Province)

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The city of Weihai
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Yantai airport (Shandong Province)

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Ningbo Airport

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(xinhuanet bbs)

A small airport, mainly used for travelers to Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong.

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Kangding airport (康定机场), Sichuan Province

Standing 4,280 meters above sea level, the Kangding airport is the world's second in height only to the Qamdo airport of Tibet Autonomous Region.

The test flight ends the history of lacking civilian flight in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The airport was designed to handle 330,000 passengers and 1,980 tons of cargo and mail annually. The airport will not operate until May 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

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Kangding Airport officially opened on Oct 22 2008

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Wuxi Shuofang International Airport

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China's airport wins first international prize

October 31, 2008

Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) was presented an award for the New Airport Development of the Year for 2008 by Peter Harbison, executive chairman of the Center for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) on October 29.

This was the first time that an airport in China had received an international prize.

BCIA, with three terminals, three runways and two control towers in full operation, ranks No. 1 in Asia, explained Dong Zhiyi, general manager of Beijing International Airport Co., Ltd.

Dong added that during the Beijing Olympics, in close cooperation with the airlines, BCIA successfully provided support for large scale, long term and complicated air transportation, making its contribution to improving the development of the Asia Pacific aviation industry.

Moreover, Peter Harbison, executive chairman of CAPA, noted that the award was to commend the outstanding contribution an airport has made to Asia Pacific aviation over the past year. This was also the first time an airport in China had won the CAPA award.

CAPA is the authoritative research institution in the Asia Pacific aviation industry.

By People's Daily Online

近千小偷进京“吃机场”



　　警方将派便衣擒拿拎包贼 客流高峰期特警现身第一线

　　晨报讯（记者 白明辉）进入第四季度后，首都机场的一些特别管制措施恢复常态。与此同时，一些治安问题出现了反弹的态势，尤其是侵财类案件出现了高发。



记者从机场公安分局获悉，分别来自河南、广东等地的近千名窃贼近年来京专“吃”机场。

　　首都机场公安分局局长魏亚军说，目前侵财类案件占到机场所有案件的约7成。其中，尤以盗窃案件最多。他透露，河南罗山、广东翁源两个重点地域的窃贼，已经“吃上了机场”，其总人数达近千人，“他们之前专偷机场大巴上的旅客，后来经过我们打击后，又转到飞机上盗窃。”魏亚军提醒旅客要注意。

　　另外，机场警方将派便衣民警上机场大巴车和飞机，专门打击小偷的盗窃行为。

　　昨天，魏亚军还透露，多项奥运期间采用的安保措施将继续沿用。首先，在机场入口将继续对旅客及行李进行抽检。另外，奥运会后航站楼内武装巡逻将被保留，该项工作由机场警方特警支队负责执行。魏亚军说，在客流高峰的时候，武装巡逻特警将保证会出现在第一线。
北京晨报

Stage I: 90k sqm international terminal - finishing 2009
Stage II: 100k sqm 2nd Domestic terminal and 3600m 2nd runway - finishing 2011

New capacity: 25.6 million passengers
Feight: 500k tons
Flights: 260k

萧山机场二期工程建设概况

杭州萧山国际机场二期建设项目，是浙江省委、省政府和合资公司董事会为增强杭州萧山国际机场发展后劲而作出的重大决策，也是解决杭州机场航空业务量迅速增长与硬件设施保障能力严重不足矛盾的必然要求。

　　机场二期工程以2015年为目标年，工程项目主要是新建第二跑道（4F级，可起降空客380机型）、国际航站楼、第二国内航站楼以及相应的消防、供水、供电、供油、航管、动力中心、信息中心、停机泊位引导等辅助生产设施。

　　工程分两个阶段实施，第一阶段工程主要包括9万平方米的国际航站楼及相应配套设施，拟于2009年底前基本建成；第二阶段工程主要包括10万平方米的第二国内航站楼和长3600米、宽60米的第二跑道及配套设施，拟于2011年底前基本建成。

　　二期工程完成后，机场的容量可达到年旅客吞吐量2560万人次、年货物吞吐量50万吨、年飞机起降26万架次。航站楼面积达23万平方米，客机位共85个。届时杭州萧山国际机场将以更先进的硬件设施和完善的服务，为浙江的运输业和经济建设做出更大的贡献。

11.6 Wenzhou Yongqiang airport new terminal opens on Nov 7

　　温州网讯 记者昨天从温州永强机场了解到，本月4日，民航华东管理局对温州永强机场新建航站楼的行业验收工作顺利完成，机场新航站楼通过了正式启用前的试运行检查，并将在本月7日即世温会开幕前一天投入试运行。

　　4日的验收汇报会上，机场扩建工程指挥部汇报了工程建设情况及前段时间竣工验收后需整改问题的完成情况，扩建工程的设计、施工、监理、质量监督等单位先后汇报各自工作情况。随后验收检查组进行了实地勘察验收。推荐阅读

　　验收检查组通报检查结果：同意新航站楼投入试运行。民航华东管理局副局长萧立元称赞温州永强机场新航站楼工程是一个适用的航站楼。针对检查组提出的一些整改建议，温州永强机场方面表示将在最短时间内完成整改工作，争取新航站楼早日正式投入使用。

　　温州永强机场提醒旅客注意，从11月7日开始，温州永强机场进出港航班旅客均改由新候机楼进出。

Tianjin Binhai International Airport

Tianjin Binhai International airport has been under the shadow of Beijing Capital Airport for long time. It finished the new terminal construction in May 2008 and capacity reached 10 million pax (feight 500k tons)

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Pact agreed to build aircraft engines

2008-11-06

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and the Shanghai municipal government have agreed to work together to develop engines for China's large commercial aircraft, it was announced on Wednesday.

Speaking at the ongoing Zhuhai air show, Tan Ruisong, executive vice-president of the AVIC, said the two sides had signed an agreement for the establishment of a strategic cooperation framework.

The firm will be set up in six months with an initial registered capital of 6 billion yuan ($880 million), he said.

While the exact stock holdings in the company have yet to be decided, AVIC wants to hold a majority share, he said.

Insiders said the joint venture is important to China's large passenger aircraft program, as at present, domestic engines are not competitive enough for use in the 130- to 200-seat commercial aircraft the country wants to put on market during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2015-20).

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), which is in charge of the large passenger aircraft program, said it will seek suppliers through global bidding, which is an international practice already used by industry giants Boeing and Airbus.

But, "developing our own commercial engine has always been an important strategic move," Tan said.

The framework should allow for the development of homegrown commercial engines within 15 years, he said.

The new joint venture firm will be located in Shanghai, where COMAC has its headquarters, AVIC President Lin Zuoming said at Wednesday's signing ceremony.

It has been agreed the engine design center will be located in the Zizhu area of Shanghai's Minhang district, while the engine assembly base will be within the Shanghai Lingang development zone, he said.

The two bases, and other functions associated with the company are likely to attract support industries, such as avionics and materials, to the area, he said.

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Yiwu airport new terminal (just finished)

Yiwu is a small city in Zhejiang Province.

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(xinhuanet forum)

Nanning Wuyu Airport (small airport, Guangxi) 南宁吴玗机场

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Beijing Capital Airport T3 - 2009

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A very nice vid about Beijing airport

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Tianjin Binhai Airport Phase II expansion starts in September completes in 2012

2009 Feb 2 今晚报Liu

In passenger throughput capacity of 24 million passengers

Journalist is informed that a total investment of about 5.7 billion of Tianjin Binhai International Airport Expansion Phase II project will start construction in September of this year, is expected to completed in 2012 and put into operation. Terminal building of the project area of about 250,000 square meters, the annual passenger handling capacity of 24 million passengers.

It is understood that the Binhai International Airport Expansion Phase II project is to implement national development strategies, stimulating domestic demand and accelerating the development and opening up of Tianjin Binhai New Area, and strive to build itself into the northern Tianjin Airport International Air Logistics Center and large hub airports in the major portal initiatives. The past three years, Tianjin Airport passenger throughput at an average annual increase of 32.7%, and is projected to 2011 Airport Passenger handling capacity will tend to saturation. To do this, start the second phase construction of the airport is necessary. Binhai International Airport Expansion Phase II project involves the building construction area of about 250,000 square meters of the terminal building, 250,000 square meters of the station square and taxiways, the south side of Airport Boulevard, as well as fire, lighting and other ancillary facilities engineering.

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济南遥墙机场

28.5km frokm the city
2008 capacity 4.827 million (ranked around 25th in China)

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Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport in 2009 Chinese New Year

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Yunnan's first county-level airport, Tengchong Airport opens

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　　2月16日，位于中缅边境的云南省腾冲机场正式通航。这是云南省内第一个县级机场，也是该省第一个股份制机场。通航后，从昆明市到“极边第一城”腾冲县只需50分钟。新华社记者秦晴摄

(sina.com.cn)

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I really like Shanghai Pudong's Terminal 2. The exterior is nice and the interior is really comfortable and elegant. Love the use of carpeting which is extremely rare in Chinese airports, the wood on some floorings and the signage is really clear and nice not too big or small. I also like the fact that they didn't use palm trees. Countless Chinese airports have used palm trees its been so overused and they should use trees from their climate zone. Putting palm trees in northern airport is so out of place, and I like how Pudong T2 decides to use other trees. Pudong T2 really pays a lot on the details very nice good.

I think the only elegant airports in China are Pudong, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Most airports in China are new and modern which is nice but they really need to work on the interiors.

Oh and another positive thing about Pudong T2 is its lack of Ads. I don't know if its because the airport is still new or a new rule, because too much advertisements can be quite chaotic its like visual pollution.

^^ hehe, I didn't notice if there are palm trees in foreign airport but it's true most Chinese airports have palm trees :)

Stunning...

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^^ Beijing and Guangzhou airport passenger growth are crazy esp. in crisis times. It's also surprising to see a 30% drop for JFK. What happened?

Small airports to get govt backing in China

2009-04-22


Small airports are expected to receive government subsidies after being reclassified as public infrastructure under a new regulation.

The regulation stipulates that governments at all levels must take necessary measures to support airports from July 1.

China had 160 civil airports last year, and plans to have 244 by 2020.

The regulation is expected to benefit small airports because large ones are profitable.

China has 103 small airports - those that serve less than 1 million passengers a year - and it's been estimated that 91 percent are losing money.

Industry sources said the regulation would save these airports, which are State-owned enterprises but are managed as private businesses. They handled just 6.4 percent of total passengers in 2006.

Small airports in Inner Mongolia on average spend at least 7 million yuan ($1 million) on operating costs annually, but make less than 2 million yuan in revenue, said Han Zhiliang, president of Inner Mongolia Civil Airports Group.

The group manages 10 airports, nine of which are small, regional airports.

"All of the airports suffered a loss last year," he said.

Wang Jian, secretary-general of China Civil Airport Association, said many survive on subsidies from local governments.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China also began subsidizing small airports last year, but the amount is limited.

A number of airports which did not secure local government funding - which has not been mandatory until now - have been closed.

"Small airports need local governments' support because they are built more out of a strategic need than the need for profit," Wang said.

"Some of China's large airports are listed companies. The regulation may lead to changes in airport charges, which will affect their performance."

New airport projects worth 200 billion yuan will begin in 2009 and 2010 as part of the economic stimulus package.

But there is concern that pouring millions of yuan into new airports in poor regions will be a waste of money if it benefits very few passengers.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-04/22/content_7702692.htm

Busiest airports in China Mainlaind in the Q1 of 2009.
Million passengers, (y/y growth.)

1. Beijing: 15.14 (+21.7%)
2. Guangzhou: 9.09 (+6.2%)
3. Shanghai Pudong: 6.88 (-1.6%)
4. Shenzhen: 6.15 (+12.4%)
5. Shanghai Hongqiao: 5.78 (+7%)
6. Chengdu: 4.92 (+12%)
7. Kunming: 4.34 (+14.1%)
8. Hangzhou: 3.44 (+21.6%)
9. Chongqing: 3.23 (+11.4%)
10. Xi'an: 3.19 (+24.8%)
11. Wuhan: 2.69 (+23.%)
12. Haikou: 2.68 (+0.2%)
13. Xiamen: 2.56 (+11.9%)
14. Changsha: 2.49 (+31.7%)
15. Nanjing: 2.36 (+23.2%)
16. Sanya: 2.25 (+25.8%)
17. Qingdao: 1.83 (+6.8%)
18. Dalian: 1.82 (+12.1%)
19. Shenyang: 1.73 (+6.8%)
20. Zhengzhou: 1.68 (+28.8%)
21. Harbin: 1.63 (+22.4%)
22. Urumqi: 1.40 (+19.2%)
23. Fuzhou: 1.29 (+12%)
24. Tianjin: 1.28 (+12.2%)
25. Jinan: 1.24 (+13%)

amazing, the fastest growth airport:

Beijing
Hangzhou
Xi'an
Wuhan
Changsha
Nanjing
Sanya
Zhengzhou
Harbin

What happened to Shanghai Pudong? Dropping two years in a row.

I have decided to transfer my flight there in next trip to give them a little push :D

Yeah I don't understand. Every time I fly out of hongqiao it seems very overcrowded I always need to take a bus from the gate to the plane. But when flying from Pudong, lots of open gates, whats up? I can't imagine Pudong will get any busier once the new terminal at Hongqaio opens...

I think it's because Shanghai is a hub for domestic flights and new direct flights between second-tier cities are booming.

Pudong is disappointing, terminal 2 opened not long ago and passenger volume is decreasing. All other airports seems to have healthy growth though.

Shanghai Pudong needs to get more international flights. The problem I think is that many international flights go to Beijing over Shanghai. That's probably one of the reasons for Pudong being the third-busiest.

woooooooooow Chinese airport looks awesome!

Hefei Xinqiao International Airport, 23 million passengers.
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30 busiest airports in China Mainland 2009 Jan-Jun. Million passengers.

1) Beijing: 30.90 +18.1%
2) Guangzhou: 17.83 +7%
3) Shanghai Pudong: 14.66 +4.6%
4) Shanghai Hongqiao: 12.18 +8.4%
5) Shenzhen: 11.86 +12.1%
6) Chengdu: 10.28 +24.2%
7) Kunming: 8.92 +19.7%
8) Xi'an: 7.08 +30%
9) Hangzhou: 7.04 +17.3%
10) Chongqing: 6.46 +16.2%
11) Wuhan: 5.24 +21.1%
12) Xiamen: 5.23 +15.6%
13) Changsha: 5.11 +29.7%
14) Nanjing: 4.99 +23.7%
15) Haikou: 4.39 -0.5%
16) Qingdao: 4.14 +6.3%
17) Dalian: 4.09 +12%
18) Sanya: 3.84 +33.1%
19) Shenyang: 3.50 +8%
20) Zhengzhou: 3.42 +26.1%

It looks like Guandong is kicking ass to all of them.

Guangzhou and Shenzhen ( which are 120 km apart) 29.69 million +8%

guys from Beijing "adjusted" their datas to remain at first place...:naughty:

Chifeng Airport, Inner Mongolia (内蒙古赤峰机场)

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It's beautiful! Amazing structure!

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^^ Can you find recent monthly stats about the busiest airports by passengers? The latest figures I found in some web were of June I think.

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very nice growth. I wonder if BCIA can reach 70 mln pax this year.

中國無人, 都是洋設計.

The new airport will open in March 2010.

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Shanghai- Hongqiao

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Shanghai to gain third airport at Jiaxing

By Jane Chen | 2009-10-12 | ONLINE EDITION

SHANGHAI may get a third airport at Jiaxing City where a military air base will be expanded for civil flights.


The expansion, starting this year, will be completed in 2011 and enable an annual capacity of 5,500 flights, 500,000 passengers and 2,000 tons of cargo, today's Oriental Morning Post reported.


It will likely serve as Shanghai's third airport because expansion capacity remains small at Hongqiao Airport and Pudong International Airport, said Jiaxing's vice mayor Qiu Dongyao. Shanghai is expected to receive 132 million air travelers a year by 2015, he said.


A fast train could connect Jiaxing, in neighboring Zhejiang Province, to Shanghai within just 38 minutes, Qiu said.

Read more: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091012/article_416044.htm#ixzz0TiAsZcsz
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Wow. Jiaxing is too far away, imho they should extend Pudong instead.

^^
Jiaxing is, what, 30-40 minutes away by fast train I think? Not too bad for being a tertiary airport.

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Instead of building the Honqiao hub, they should build the hub at Pudong, where there are way more room to expand. Also, that would reduce the need of transfer between Honqiao and Pudong. The Honqiao area can then be preserved or used for other urban developments.

The new airport terminal will open in March 2010, for the 2010 World Expo starting in May 2010.

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HongQiao - Shanghai Airport
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Flight Schedule

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Hello guys!!! Can somebody help me here? I'm arriving at Shanghai Pudong this saturday and I need to go immediately to Hongqiao International Airport to connect to my flight to Guangzhou (Canton), which is the fastest way to do it?

Thank you.

^^
Do you have a lot of luggage?

I would either take the maglev (depends on when you arrive though, it doesn't operate 24/7) from Pudong to Longyang Rd. and a taxi from there--
alternatively the maglev -> metro (line 2) to Song Hong Rd. and a taxi from there on to Hongqiao Apt.

Obviously you choose the second option if you're doing the transfer in rush hour.

I'm taking two large suitcases with me.

I will arrive in Shanghai at 2:05pm with American Airlines and my flight to Guangzhou with China Eastern is at 4:30pm

I'm taking two large suitcases with me.

I will arrive in Shanghai at 2:05pm with American Airlines and my flight to Guangzhou with China Eastern is at 4:30pm

This is almost impossible. 2,5 hours from arrival in Pudong to departure in Hongqiao. Take a taxi and speed to Hongquia as fast as possible and good luck!

So you recomend me to take a taxi from one airport to the other?

^^ I will suggest the same (taxi).

The two airports are quite far apart and it took me 2 hours last time on an airport shuttle bus (depends on the traffic).

on another note, that's why we need a maglev connecting the two airports.

Right now I'm trying to change the flight, I'm scared to lose the conection.

are they going to build a direct maglev connection between the two airports?

I would really try to change that flight and/or get a flight to Guangzhou from Pudong. Remember to have your arrival card and H1N1 flu form all filled out and ready to go. Also haul ass when you get off the plane so you can be at the front of the line at customs. After you go through customs and get your bags. Go straight to the taxi stand and tell the driver to haul ass to Hongqiao. Also, If you can make sure you have your yuan before hand so you don't have to stand in line changing it. It will probably cost 230 to go all that way. The taxi fares were just increased.

I would suggest to change the flight also!
U can't make it in 2hrs30minschange the time of the second flight. If u had some 4hrs that would be doable.

I would really try to change that flight and/or get a flight to Guangzhou from Pudong. Remember to have your arrival card and H1N1 flu form all filled out and ready to go. Also haul ass when you get off the plane so you can be at the front of the line at customs. After you go through customs and get your bags. Go straight to the taxi stand and tell the driver to haul ass to Hongqiao. Also, If you can make sure you have your yuan before hand so you don't have to stand in line changing it. It will probably cost 230 to go all that way. The taxi fares were just increased.

Arrival card? H1N1 Flu Form?

How do I find that?

^^ don't worry you can find it on flight or in airport. Actually nobody had checked it until the H1N1 break-out.

I got scared for a second :lol:

Maybe I can meet chinesse forumers to show me the city, I will visit Guangzhou from November 1 to November 4 and Shanghai from November 5 to November 6, the hole days.

I'm going for the Canton Fair.

Hongqiao Airport - Shanghai

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Pudong - Shanghai

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^^ I will suggest the same (taxi).

The two airports are quite far apart and it took me 2 hours last time on an airport shuttle bus (depends on the traffic).

on another note, that's why we need a maglev connecting the two airports.

That is why, instead of building the Honqiao hub, they should build the hub at Pudong, where there are way more room for the expansion of new buildings and runways. Also, that would reduce the need of transfer between Honqiao and Pudong. But right now, Honqiao cannot be further expanded. At the same time the capacity at Pudong is not fully utilized.

Qingdao Airport (青岛机场)

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Kangding Airport (康定机场)

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Yulin Airport (榆林机场)

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Finally I'm in Guangzhou, you guys have a beautiful country :okay:

Finally I'm in Guangzhou, you guys have a beautiful country :okay:

Take lots of pics and post them here! :)

Sure I will when I get back home :)

Shanghai - Hongqiao (SHA / ZSSS)

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I hate Hongqiao Airport, It looks so old while Pudong is so awesome but as big as lonely.

I like Hongqiao! Its only a 37yuan cab ride from my house to there. From my house to Pudong is a 170+ hour long cab ride, or an 1.5 hour treck through the subway to Longyang road to catch the maglev which will then cost me 40-50yuan. Go Hongqiao!

BTW It just took me about 50min to go to Hongqiao from Pudong.

Shanghai - Hongqiao (SHA / ZSSS)

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BTW It just took me about 50min to go to Hongqiao from Pudong.

did u take a taxi from one airport to the other?
Also did you changhe ur flight in the end?

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Beijing - Terminal II

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Beijing - Terminal III

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Hongqiao Airport - Shanghai

copyright: Koresh

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Terminal A

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First Class Lounge

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Business Class Lounge

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^^
That's the saddest biz lounge I have ever seen..

don't worry, it'll be history soon :) I stay close to this airport.

Hainan Island to get its third Airport at the city of Qionghai. After the Meilan Airport at Haikou city and Fenghuang Airport at Sanya city.

琼海市博鳌机场项目正式获民航总局批复建设

来源：海南日报 作者： 单憬岗 吴维杨 2009年11月11日

记者今天（11月10日）从省发改委获悉，琼海博鳌机场已获国家民航总局正式批复同意建设。省发改委有关负责人表示，此举意味着博鳌机场项目获重大进展。
　　
据悉，博鳌机场位于琼海市中原镇，距琼海市区12公里，与博鳌亚洲论坛永久会址——博鳌国际会议中心相距15公里。作为旅游大省，民航运输占海南公共运输总量的50%以上。目前，海口美兰国际机场和三亚凤凰国际机场的旅客吞吐量已接近或突破原先的设计标准，扩建或新建机场迫在眉睫。
　　
博鳌是我国唯一定期定址举行的国际会议组织——博鳌亚洲论坛所在地，也是国内新兴的国际会展中心和高端旅游房地产开发区域。博鳌机场建成后的一项重要功能是为每年4月举行的博鳌亚洲论坛年会服务。

http://hn.focus.cn/news/2009-11-11/792028.html

http://www.sunnysanya.com/images/indexhainanmap.jpg

Shanghai Terminal I

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Shanghai Terminal I

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Which companies were contracted to build the airport??

Beijing Terminal III


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Shanghai Pudong

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Beijing Terminal 3

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http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfrb/content/2009-11/20/content_6402632.htm

The military airport in Foshan has reopened to civilian use. Currently it only offers one flight to Beijing Nanyuan Airport, but this may change in the future. Perhaps it will become a future low-cost airport.

Shanghai - Pudong Terminal 1

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Shanghai Pudong joins the list of world's 30 busiest airports for first time. Look at Beijing, btw! Brackets mean contraction.
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Beijing, CN (PEK) 3rd +40.1% :D:D:D

Wow, amazing growth! I suppose some of PEK's growth is thanks to its quite new function as an actual international hub. Several people I know of have arrived to Asia from Europe on Air China via PEK. This wasn't nearly as usual only a couple of years ago.

Shanghai - Pudong

Terminal 1

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Terminal 2

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Beijing Terminal 3

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40% growth is crazy. Another 40% and it is the busiest.

Hmm it would really awesome to see it cross the 10 million mark of heatrow +gatwick

Beijing Terminal 3

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/27/ap/asia/main5804673.shtml
Nov. 28, 2009

Zimbabwe Cargo Plane Crashes At Shanghai's Airport, Killing 3

(AP) SHANGHAI (AP) - A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Saturday from Shanghai's main international airport, killing three crew members, a government official said.

The official Xinhua News Agency cited Shanghai's municipal information office as saying three people died. A man answering the phone there confirmed the deaths and said one other crew member was seriously injured, with the other three slightly injured.

The man, surnamed Wang, said all of the crew members are foreigners but he did not know their nationalities.

China Central Television said the plane's tail struck the ground on takeoff, and an airport warehouse also caught fire in the crash. The report showed billowing thick black smoke at the scene, with police officers blocking closer access.

A reporter from Shanghai's Oriental Satellite Television told CCTV that the tail of the plane had broken in two or three parts, and hundreds of firefighters were spraying fire retardants on the plane.

The crash occurred at 7:40 a.m., Xinhua said. It said the plane, which had been headed to Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, veered off the runway and burst into flames.

The plane was operated by Zimbabwe-based Avient Aviation, Xinhua said.

Calls to the Zimbabwe Embassy in Beijing went unanswered Saturday morning.

CCTV said two runways at the airport were shut down. A woman answering the phone at the airport's information desk said international and domestic departing flights were delayed.

Shanghai is China's largest city and its economic capital. The Pudong airport is located on the eastern edge of the city, by the East China Sea.

In June 2008, two Chinese air force jets collided in Inner Mongolia, with both pilots parachuting to safety.

In June 2006, a Chinese military plane crashed in eastern China's Anhui province, killing all 40 people aboard.

Beijing Terminal 3

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Shanghai - Pudong Terminal 2

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Beijing Terminal 3

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koresh,

Thanks for your frequent photo posts. Would you mind posting them a tad larger here on the forums?

Beijing Capital Airport
09 Throughput Beat 60mn Passengers

December 01, 2009

Beijing Capital International Airport had achieved an annual passenger throughput of more than 60 million by November 30, 2009, marking a record high.
Notably, it had ranked Asia's No. 1 and the fourth place around the world.

Therefore, some insiders predicted that the aerodrome could serve at least 65 million and 75 million passengers in the entire 2009 and 2010, respectively, along with its passenger throughput growth that has lasted for five consecutive years.

As one of China's leading aviation hubs, Beijing Capital International Airport has established a far-ranging domestic flight network and the increasing international airlines. Total numbers of its domestic and overseas navigation destinations have separately reach 106 and 85.

More than 70 air carriers at domestic and abroad can offer around 200,000 passengers 1,400 flights at the Beijing-located airdrome per day. Presently, it is recognized as the most ideal transfer station connecting Asia with Europe and North America, three fast-growing aviation markets in the globe.

Source: www.nbd.com.cn (December 01, 2009)

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2690745/

koresh,

Thanks for your frequent photo posts. Would you mind posting them a tad larger here on the forums?
fixed

Beijing Terminal 3

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Shanghai Pudong Terminal 2


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Beijing Terminal 3 Departure

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Shanghai Terminal 2 Arrival

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Shanghai Pudong Terminal 2

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Beijing Terminal 3

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Beijing Terminal 3 Domestic Departure

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Shanghai Pudong Terminal 2

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Beijing Terminal 3 Domestic Departure

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Shanghai - Hongqiao

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Shanghai Pudong Terminal 2


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Shanghai - Pudong Terminal 2


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Beijing Terminal 3

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Beijing Terminal 3 Domestic Departure

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Shanghai Terminal 2


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Shanghai - Hongqiao

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Shanghai - Pudong

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