Airlines and destinations
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
**Kunpeng Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
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Changchun Longjia International Airport
Changchun Longjia International Airport is an airport in Changchun, Jilin, China . The airport was approved for construction in 1998, and service to the airport started on August 26, 2005, after the closure of . The airport is located 31 km from the downtown of Changchun and 71 km from Jilin City, and operations of the airport are shared by both cities. It is predicted that by 2013, the airport will be able to handle 3.2 million passengers per year.
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
**Kunpeng Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
**Kunpeng Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Beijing Nanyuan Airport
Beijing Nanyuan Airport is an airport in Beijing, People's Republic of China . Primarily a military airfield, it is equipped with a terminal capable of handling 1.2 million passengers per year and presently serves as the base of China United Airlines. All Nippon Airways considered starting scheduled charter services from in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In 2007, Nanyuan Airport witnessed extraordinary growth. The total number of passengers served increased by 150.3%, reaching 753,415; total freight loaded/unloaded reached 7,999 tonnes, which was a 273.3% increase from the previous year. Traffic movements also
had a very strong growth rate of 105.9%, registering 7111.
*China United Airlines
In 2007, Nanyuan Airport witnessed extraordinary growth. The total number of passengers served increased by 150.3%, reaching 753,415; total freight loaded/unloaded reached 7,999 tonnes, which was a 273.3% increase from the previous year. Traffic movements also
had a very strong growth rate of 105.9%, registering 7111.
Airlines and destinations
*China United Airlines
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport, is the main international airport that serves the capital city of Beijing, People's Republic of China. The IATA Airport Code is PEK, reflecting Beijing's former Romanization Peking. The code BJS is also frequently used, reflecting the current pinyin spelling of Beijing and including all airports in the Beijing metropolitan area; currently, Beijing Capital is the only civil aviation airport that falls under BJS.
The airport is located 20 km to the northeast of Beijing city center. Although many consider it to lie in Shunyi District, it is, in fact, an exclave of , Beijing.
The airport is a primary hub of operations for Air China, which flies to around 120 destinations . It is also a hub for Hainan Airlines and China Southern Airlines. The airport expansion is largely funded by a 500-million-euro loan from the European Investment Bank . The loan is the largest ever granted by the EIB in Asia; the agreement was signed during the eighth China-EU Summit held in September 2005.
In 2007, Beijing Capital served 53,736,923 passengers, and became the . It also registered 399,986 aircraft movements,
Beijing Airport was opened on March 2, 1958, and was the first in the People's Republic of China. The airport consisted of one small terminal building, which still stands to this day, apparently for the use of VIPs and charter flights. On January 1, 1980, a newer, larger building -- green in colour -- opened, with docks for 10–12 airplanes. The terminal was larger than the 1950s one, but by the mid 1990s it was too small. The terminal was then closed for renovation after the opening of Terminal 2.
In late 1999, to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the airport was expanded again. This new terminal opened on November 1, and was named Terminal 2. September 20, 2004, saw the opening of a new Terminal 1 for a few airlines, including China Southern Airlines domestic and international flights from Beijing. Other airlines' domestic and international flights still operate in Terminal 2.
Another expansion, terminal 3 was completed in February 2008, in time for the Beijing Olympics. This colossal expansion includes a third runway and another terminal for Beijing airport, and a rail link to the city center. It is one of the largest airport terminals in the world in terms of land size, and a major landmark in Beijing representing the growing and developing Chinese city.
The third runway of BCIA opened on October 29, 2007 to relieve congestion on the other two runways.
Air China, China Eastern and China Southern have cut capacity on the Beijing-Shanghai routes. This is because of overcrowding and to increase safety. The CAAC will also ban any start-up airlines until 2010 because of overcapacity and major constraints. However, the opening of the 3rd runway has increased the number of movements to approximately 620,000. However, during the Olympics, it will cut its movements to 1350 a day, to prevent airlines being stuck on the tarmac for periods of time.
The airport is expected to handle 64 million passengers in 2008, due to the high demand from the Olympics, potentially making it the top 5 airports in passenger traffic terms. The capacity of the airport will be an estimated 82 million, up from the current 35.5 million before the opening of Terminal 3.
A new airport is also planned, starting construction in 2010, located approximately 40km south of downtown Beijing. Other preferred site is to the south of the city near the Yongding River, which forms a boundary between Beijing and Hebei Province. The Daxing District at south has been another proposed site. The capacity of the new planned super airport is around 70-100 million. Upon completion of the new airport, most domestic routes will be transferred to the new proposed airport. There are also other plans to expand BCIA with a 4th runway joined to the 3rd runway to further increase traffic movements.
Terminal 1, with 60,000 square meters of space, was opened on January 1, 1980 and replaced the small existing terminal which was in operation since the 1950s. The Terminal was closed for renovation from 1999 to September 20, 2004, during which time all airlines operated from Terminal 2. Featuring 16 gates, it was the operational base for China Southern Airlines's domestic routes and a few other airlines such as Xiamen Airlines and Chongqing Airlines, and was originally planned to handle domestic traffic, excluding those to Hong Kong and Macau.
With the opening of Terminal 3, the terminal was closed for light refurbishment, and its airlines were moved to Terminal 2 on May 20, 2008. It reopened on June 27, 2008, and became the operational base for all domestic flights operated by the HNA Group, including those of Hainan Airlines, Grand China Air, Deer Air and Grand China Express Air, while the international flights and the ones between Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan and Beijing of the HNA Group remained in Terminal 2.
Terminal 2 opened on November 1, 1999, a month after the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This terminal was used to replace Terminal 1 while the later was undergoing renovation, cramping all airlines into this terminal despite it being far bigger than Terminal 1 and can handle twenty airplanes at docks connecting directly to the terminal building. Prior to the opening of Terminal 3, the majority of the flights from PEK operated from this terminal. This terminal now houses China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Skyteam, and other domestic and international flights after Air China, Shanghai Airlines, Star Alliance members, Oneworld members moved operations to the new Terminal 3.
There is a passage linking the two terminals together; this is accessible at the public level . There is limited selection of food and dining options at Terminal 2. There is only one restaurant in the international area of the terminal once passengers are past security, and the prices are several times higher than similar food downtown Beijing. A Japanese set meal is advertised on the official airport website as RMB 88, four-times higher than a similar offering downtown. By comparison, the domestic area of Terminal 2 has a number of dining options, all at more reasonable prices. Kentucky Fried Chicken and Starbucks have opened outlets in the airport in both Terminals 1 and 2. KFC is available at the basement level in Terminal 2, while Starbucks is available on both landside and airsides.
Construction of Terminal 3 started on March 28, 2004 and was opened in two stages. Trial operations commenced on February 29, 2008 when seven airlines, namely British Airways, El Al Israel Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Shandong Airlines and Sichuan Airlines moved into the terminal. 20 other airlines moved into the terminal when it became fully operational on March 26, 2008. Currently, it mainly houses Air China, Oneworld, Star Alliance, and other domestic and international flights.
It was designed by a consortium of NACO , UK Architect Foster and Partners and ARUP. The budget of the expansion is US$3.5 billion. Far grander in size and scale than the existing terminals, it is the largest airport terminal building complex built in a single phase with 986,000 square meters in total floor area. It features a main passenger terminal , two satellite concourses and five floors above ground and two underground, with the letters "A and B" omitted to avoid confusions with the existing Terminals 1 and 2. Terminal 3C is dedicated for domestic flights, Terminal 3E for international flights, and Terminal 3D, called the "Olympics Hall", was used for charter flights during the Beijing Olympics, before its use by international flights.
Terminal 3 - if considered an airport on its own - would be the largest airport in the world in land size and one of the world's largest in capacity and land size . It is larger than London Heathrow Airport's 5 terminals combined with another 17% to spare.
A 300,000-sq.m transportation centre is located at the front of T3. 7,000 car parking spaces will be available if the two-level underground parking lot is fully employed. The transportation centre will have three lanes for different types of vehicles, airport buses, taxies and private vehicles, which will enable a smooth flow of passengers. People bound for T3 will exit their vehicles here and enter T3 via an aisle within five minutes. The transportation centre will also have a light-rail station on a line that begins at the Dongzhimen stop on the Beijing Subway in Central Beijing. Travel time from Dongzhimen to T3 will be about 18 minutes.
There are electrical outlets on either end of every row of seats in the terminal. There are 243 elevators, escalators or moving walkways; and every restroom is accompanied by a mothers’ room where diapers can be changed. There is also a room for
travelers with disabilities.
One of Terminal 3's highlights is the US$240 million luggage-transfer system. The luggage system is equipped with yellow carts, each of which has a code, matching the bar code on every piece of luggage loaded on it, allowing easy and accurate tracking. More than 200 cameras will be used to monitor activities in the luggage area.
The luggage system can handle 19,200 pieces of luggage per hour. After luggage is checked in at any one of the 292 counters at Terminal 3C, they can be transferred at the speed of ten metres per second. Even for international routes, luggage can travel from T3C to T3E in five minutes. Arriving passengers should be able to begin retrieving their luggage within 4.5 minutes after airplanes are unloaded.
Along with X-ray scanners, additional equipment conducts checks such as for explosives. Passengers will be able to check in their luggage at the airport several hours or even a day before their flight. The airport will store them in its luggage system and then load them on the correct airplane.
A 98.3-meter monitoring tower stands at the southern end of T3, the highest building at the airport. The roof of T3 is red, the Chinese color for good luck. The terminal’s ceilings use white strips for decoration and to indicate directions. Under the white strips, the basic color of the ceiling is orange with light to dark tones indicating where a passenger is inside the building. It is light orange in the center and deepens as it extends to the sides in T3E and is the other way round in T3C.
The roof of T3 has dozens of windows to let in daylight. Light angles can be adjusted to ensure adequate interior lighting. Many traditional Chinese elements will be employed in the terminal’s interior decoration, including a “Menhai,” a big copper vat used to store water for fighting fires in the Forbidden City, and the carvings imitating the famous Nine-Dragon Wall .
An indoor garden is constructed in the T3E waiting area, in the style of imperial gardens such as the Summer Palace. In T3C, a tunnel landscape of an underground garden has been finished with plants on each side so that passengers can appreciate them inside the mini-train.
The T3 food-service area is called a “global kitchen,” where 72 stores will provide food ranging from formal dishes to fast food, from Chinese to western, from bakery goods to ice cream. Airport officials have promised that people who buy products at the airport will see the same prices as in Central Beijing.
In addition to food and drink businesses, there will be a 12,600-sq.m domestic retail area, a 10,600-sq.m duty-free-store area and nearly 7,000-sq.m convenience service area, including banks, business centres, Internet services and more. At 45,200 sq.m, the commercial area will be twice the size of Beijing’s Lufthansa Shopping Centres.
To get from Terminal 3C to 3D and 3E, both domestic and international travellers will have to get boarding passes at T3C, but international passengers have to board from T3E. The two-kilometer trip between the two buildings is shortened to two minutes by an intra-terminal train.
To help passengers go to the right terminal, the airport provides free inter-terminal shuttles between T3 and Terminals 1 and 2 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The buses set out every ten minutes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and every 20 minutes during other times.
It provides 66 aerobridges or jetways, further complemented with remote parking bays which bring the total of gates to 120 for the terminal alone. Terminal 3 also comes with an additional runway. It increases BCIA's total capacity up by 50 million passengers per year to a total of approximately 82 million.
After slots were given to , Continental Airlines began non-stop flights between and Beijing on June 15, 2005. On September 25, 2007, American Airlines and US Airways were awarded nonstop flights to Beijing from and , respectively, with the American Airlines' Chicago-O'Hare flight to begin on April 7, 2009 and the US Airways' Philadelphia flight to begin in 2010. This became US Airways' first destination in Asia. Both of these airlines will operate from the new Terminal 3 as they are part of Star Alliance and oneworld .
The airport has three terminals. Terminal 1 is currently housing Hainan Airlines and its subsidiaries, Terminal 2 serves China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, SkyTeam members and other domestic and international flights. Terminal 3, the newest terminal at Beijing Airport, serves Air China, Star Alliance and Oneworld members, and some other domestic and international flights which do not operate from Terminals 1 and 2.
According to the Forbes magazine, the airport has been voted the 2nd worst in 2007 in terms of punctuality. However, airport general manager Dong Zhiyi said official statistics showed that 86.28 percent of its take-offs were on schedule, much higher than Forbes's reported 33 percent. These figures would substantially lift it in the Forbes ratings, far above Europe's worst airport, Charles De Gaulle in Paris, which had only 50 percent of departures leaving on time. In addition, 84.88% of PEK's flights from the June - August period took off or landed in time, despite heavy periods of lightning and rain.
The major long-haul international destinations from Beijing are Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, New York, Paris-CDG, San Francisco and Vancouver. Other destinations becoming increased include Chicago, Dubai, Sydney, Toronto and Washington.
The airport was remote when it was first built, with a narrow road serving it from Sanyuanqiao. In the early 1990s, a 20 km stretch of expressway -- the -- connecting downtown Beijing from the Northeastern 3rd Ring Road at Sanyuanqiao directly to the airport -- was opened.
By 2008, four expressways will link to the airport:
* , from the south
* 2nd Airport Expressway, from the east
* Northern Airport Line, from the northwest
* Litian Expressway, from the east
All of these expressways, except for the Airport Expressway are under construction.
Beijing Capital International Airport is served by the of the Beijing Subway. The line runs from Terminal 3 and Terminal 2 stations to Dongzhimen, with a stop at Sanyuanqiao. It was opened on July 19, 2008, in time for the 2008 Olympics. Buses run from the airport to many parts of the city.
Beijing Airport Express Train
Overview
The airport is located 20 km to the northeast of Beijing city center. Although many consider it to lie in Shunyi District, it is, in fact, an exclave of , Beijing.
The airport is a primary hub of operations for Air China, which flies to around 120 destinations . It is also a hub for Hainan Airlines and China Southern Airlines. The airport expansion is largely funded by a 500-million-euro loan from the European Investment Bank . The loan is the largest ever granted by the EIB in Asia; the agreement was signed during the eighth China-EU Summit held in September 2005.
In 2007, Beijing Capital served 53,736,923 passengers, and became the . It also registered 399,986 aircraft movements,
History
Beijing Airport was opened on March 2, 1958, and was the first in the People's Republic of China. The airport consisted of one small terminal building, which still stands to this day, apparently for the use of VIPs and charter flights. On January 1, 1980, a newer, larger building -- green in colour -- opened, with docks for 10–12 airplanes. The terminal was larger than the 1950s one, but by the mid 1990s it was too small. The terminal was then closed for renovation after the opening of Terminal 2.
In late 1999, to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the airport was expanded again. This new terminal opened on November 1, and was named Terminal 2. September 20, 2004, saw the opening of a new Terminal 1 for a few airlines, including China Southern Airlines domestic and international flights from Beijing. Other airlines' domestic and international flights still operate in Terminal 2.
Another expansion, terminal 3 was completed in February 2008, in time for the Beijing Olympics. This colossal expansion includes a third runway and another terminal for Beijing airport, and a rail link to the city center. It is one of the largest airport terminals in the world in terms of land size, and a major landmark in Beijing representing the growing and developing Chinese city.
The third runway of BCIA opened on October 29, 2007 to relieve congestion on the other two runways.
Future
Air China, China Eastern and China Southern have cut capacity on the Beijing-Shanghai routes. This is because of overcrowding and to increase safety. The CAAC will also ban any start-up airlines until 2010 because of overcapacity and major constraints. However, the opening of the 3rd runway has increased the number of movements to approximately 620,000. However, during the Olympics, it will cut its movements to 1350 a day, to prevent airlines being stuck on the tarmac for periods of time.
The airport is expected to handle 64 million passengers in 2008, due to the high demand from the Olympics, potentially making it the top 5 airports in passenger traffic terms. The capacity of the airport will be an estimated 82 million, up from the current 35.5 million before the opening of Terminal 3.
A new airport is also planned, starting construction in 2010, located approximately 40km south of downtown Beijing. Other preferred site is to the south of the city near the Yongding River, which forms a boundary between Beijing and Hebei Province. The Daxing District at south has been another proposed site. The capacity of the new planned super airport is around 70-100 million. Upon completion of the new airport, most domestic routes will be transferred to the new proposed airport. There are also other plans to expand BCIA with a 4th runway joined to the 3rd runway to further increase traffic movements.
Terminals
Terminal 1
Terminal 1, with 60,000 square meters of space, was opened on January 1, 1980 and replaced the small existing terminal which was in operation since the 1950s. The Terminal was closed for renovation from 1999 to September 20, 2004, during which time all airlines operated from Terminal 2. Featuring 16 gates, it was the operational base for China Southern Airlines's domestic routes and a few other airlines such as Xiamen Airlines and Chongqing Airlines, and was originally planned to handle domestic traffic, excluding those to Hong Kong and Macau.
With the opening of Terminal 3, the terminal was closed for light refurbishment, and its airlines were moved to Terminal 2 on May 20, 2008. It reopened on June 27, 2008, and became the operational base for all domestic flights operated by the HNA Group, including those of Hainan Airlines, Grand China Air, Deer Air and Grand China Express Air, while the international flights and the ones between Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan and Beijing of the HNA Group remained in Terminal 2.
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 opened on November 1, 1999, a month after the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This terminal was used to replace Terminal 1 while the later was undergoing renovation, cramping all airlines into this terminal despite it being far bigger than Terminal 1 and can handle twenty airplanes at docks connecting directly to the terminal building. Prior to the opening of Terminal 3, the majority of the flights from PEK operated from this terminal. This terminal now houses China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Skyteam, and other domestic and international flights after Air China, Shanghai Airlines, Star Alliance members, Oneworld members moved operations to the new Terminal 3.
There is a passage linking the two terminals together; this is accessible at the public level . There is limited selection of food and dining options at Terminal 2. There is only one restaurant in the international area of the terminal once passengers are past security, and the prices are several times higher than similar food downtown Beijing. A Japanese set meal is advertised on the official airport website as RMB 88, four-times higher than a similar offering downtown. By comparison, the domestic area of Terminal 2 has a number of dining options, all at more reasonable prices. Kentucky Fried Chicken and Starbucks have opened outlets in the airport in both Terminals 1 and 2. KFC is available at the basement level in Terminal 2, while Starbucks is available on both landside and airsides.
Terminal 3
Construction of Terminal 3 started on March 28, 2004 and was opened in two stages. Trial operations commenced on February 29, 2008 when seven airlines, namely British Airways, El Al Israel Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Shandong Airlines and Sichuan Airlines moved into the terminal. 20 other airlines moved into the terminal when it became fully operational on March 26, 2008. Currently, it mainly houses Air China, Oneworld, Star Alliance, and other domestic and international flights.
It was designed by a consortium of NACO , UK Architect Foster and Partners and ARUP. The budget of the expansion is US$3.5 billion. Far grander in size and scale than the existing terminals, it is the largest airport terminal building complex built in a single phase with 986,000 square meters in total floor area. It features a main passenger terminal , two satellite concourses and five floors above ground and two underground, with the letters "A and B" omitted to avoid confusions with the existing Terminals 1 and 2. Terminal 3C is dedicated for domestic flights, Terminal 3E for international flights, and Terminal 3D, called the "Olympics Hall", was used for charter flights during the Beijing Olympics, before its use by international flights.
Terminal 3 - if considered an airport on its own - would be the largest airport in the world in land size and one of the world's largest in capacity and land size . It is larger than London Heathrow Airport's 5 terminals combined with another 17% to spare.
System, Security and Luggage
A 300,000-sq.m transportation centre is located at the front of T3. 7,000 car parking spaces will be available if the two-level underground parking lot is fully employed. The transportation centre will have three lanes for different types of vehicles, airport buses, taxies and private vehicles, which will enable a smooth flow of passengers. People bound for T3 will exit their vehicles here and enter T3 via an aisle within five minutes. The transportation centre will also have a light-rail station on a line that begins at the Dongzhimen stop on the Beijing Subway in Central Beijing. Travel time from Dongzhimen to T3 will be about 18 minutes.
There are electrical outlets on either end of every row of seats in the terminal. There are 243 elevators, escalators or moving walkways; and every restroom is accompanied by a mothers’ room where diapers can be changed. There is also a room for
travelers with disabilities.
One of Terminal 3's highlights is the US$240 million luggage-transfer system. The luggage system is equipped with yellow carts, each of which has a code, matching the bar code on every piece of luggage loaded on it, allowing easy and accurate tracking. More than 200 cameras will be used to monitor activities in the luggage area.
The luggage system can handle 19,200 pieces of luggage per hour. After luggage is checked in at any one of the 292 counters at Terminal 3C, they can be transferred at the speed of ten metres per second. Even for international routes, luggage can travel from T3C to T3E in five minutes. Arriving passengers should be able to begin retrieving their luggage within 4.5 minutes after airplanes are unloaded.
Along with X-ray scanners, additional equipment conducts checks such as for explosives. Passengers will be able to check in their luggage at the airport several hours or even a day before their flight. The airport will store them in its luggage system and then load them on the correct airplane.
The Look
A 98.3-meter monitoring tower stands at the southern end of T3, the highest building at the airport. The roof of T3 is red, the Chinese color for good luck. The terminal’s ceilings use white strips for decoration and to indicate directions. Under the white strips, the basic color of the ceiling is orange with light to dark tones indicating where a passenger is inside the building. It is light orange in the center and deepens as it extends to the sides in T3E and is the other way round in T3C.
The roof of T3 has dozens of windows to let in daylight. Light angles can be adjusted to ensure adequate interior lighting. Many traditional Chinese elements will be employed in the terminal’s interior decoration, including a “Menhai,” a big copper vat used to store water for fighting fires in the Forbidden City, and the carvings imitating the famous Nine-Dragon Wall .
An indoor garden is constructed in the T3E waiting area, in the style of imperial gardens such as the Summer Palace. In T3C, a tunnel landscape of an underground garden has been finished with plants on each side so that passengers can appreciate them inside the mini-train.
Facilities
The T3 food-service area is called a “global kitchen,” where 72 stores will provide food ranging from formal dishes to fast food, from Chinese to western, from bakery goods to ice cream. Airport officials have promised that people who buy products at the airport will see the same prices as in Central Beijing.
In addition to food and drink businesses, there will be a 12,600-sq.m domestic retail area, a 10,600-sq.m duty-free-store area and nearly 7,000-sq.m convenience service area, including banks, business centres, Internet services and more. At 45,200 sq.m, the commercial area will be twice the size of Beijing’s Lufthansa Shopping Centres.
Inter-terminal transportation
To get from Terminal 3C to 3D and 3E, both domestic and international travellers will have to get boarding passes at T3C, but international passengers have to board from T3E. The two-kilometer trip between the two buildings is shortened to two minutes by an intra-terminal train.
To help passengers go to the right terminal, the airport provides free inter-terminal shuttles between T3 and Terminals 1 and 2 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The buses set out every ten minutes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and every 20 minutes during other times.
It provides 66 aerobridges or jetways, further complemented with remote parking bays which bring the total of gates to 120 for the terminal alone. Terminal 3 also comes with an additional runway. It increases BCIA's total capacity up by 50 million passengers per year to a total of approximately 82 million.
Airlines and destinations
After slots were given to , Continental Airlines began non-stop flights between and Beijing on June 15, 2005. On September 25, 2007, American Airlines and US Airways were awarded nonstop flights to Beijing from and , respectively, with the American Airlines' Chicago-O'Hare flight to begin on April 7, 2009 and the US Airways' Philadelphia flight to begin in 2010. This became US Airways' first destination in Asia. Both of these airlines will operate from the new Terminal 3 as they are part of Star Alliance and oneworld .
The airport has three terminals. Terminal 1 is currently housing Hainan Airlines and its subsidiaries, Terminal 2 serves China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, SkyTeam members and other domestic and international flights. Terminal 3, the newest terminal at Beijing Airport, serves Air China, Star Alliance and Oneworld members, and some other domestic and international flights which do not operate from Terminals 1 and 2.
According to the Forbes magazine, the airport has been voted the 2nd worst in 2007 in terms of punctuality. However, airport general manager Dong Zhiyi said official statistics showed that 86.28 percent of its take-offs were on schedule, much higher than Forbes's reported 33 percent. These figures would substantially lift it in the Forbes ratings, far above Europe's worst airport, Charles De Gaulle in Paris, which had only 50 percent of departures leaving on time. In addition, 84.88% of PEK's flights from the June - August period took off or landed in time, despite heavy periods of lightning and rain.
The major long-haul international destinations from Beijing are Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, New York, Paris-CDG, San Francisco and Vancouver. Other destinations becoming increased include Chicago, Dubai, Sydney, Toronto and Washington.
Destinations by region
Destinations by airlines
Connections
Connections by Road
The airport was remote when it was first built, with a narrow road serving it from Sanyuanqiao. In the early 1990s, a 20 km stretch of expressway -- the -- connecting downtown Beijing from the Northeastern 3rd Ring Road at Sanyuanqiao directly to the airport -- was opened.
By 2008, four expressways will link to the airport:
* , from the south
* 2nd Airport Expressway, from the east
* Northern Airport Line, from the northwest
* Litian Expressway, from the east
All of these expressways, except for the Airport Expressway are under construction.
Connections by Rail/Urban Public Transit
Beijing Capital International Airport is served by the of the Beijing Subway. The line runs from Terminal 3 and Terminal 2 stations to Dongzhimen, with a stop at Sanyuanqiao. It was opened on July 19, 2008, in time for the 2008 Olympics. Buses run from the airport to many parts of the city.
Photo Gallery
Beijing Airport Express Train
Beihai Airport
Baotou Airport
Altay Airport
Airport Authority Hong Kong
The Airport Authority Hong Kong is the statutory body of the of Hong Kong, and is responsible for the operations of the Hong Kong International Airport. It is independent of the government financially. There are plans to corporatise the AA and to list it on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and to be sold partially to the public.
A convention and exhibition facility, the AsiaWorld-Expo, on the northeastern corner of the island of Chek Lap Kok was opened in 21 December 2005.
On January 17, 2005, the AA acquired 49% stake of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, with HK$ 1.99 billion, defeating Singapore Changi Airport, Copenhagen Airport, Houston International Airport and BAA plc. A new holding company of Xiaoshan Airport will be formed and be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
On February 17, 2006, the AA confirmed it will hold 55% stake in a company that operates the Zhuhai Airport, with the remaining 45% owned by Zhuhai Airport. The company will not own the assets or the liabilities of the airport.
A convention and exhibition facility, the AsiaWorld-Expo, on the northeastern corner of the island of Chek Lap Kok was opened in 21 December 2005.
On January 17, 2005, the AA acquired 49% stake of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, with HK$ 1.99 billion, defeating Singapore Changi Airport, Copenhagen Airport, Houston International Airport and BAA plc. A new holding company of Xiaoshan Airport will be formed and be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
On February 17, 2006, the AA confirmed it will hold 55% stake in a company that operates the Zhuhai Airport, with the remaining 45% owned by Zhuhai Airport. The company will not own the assets or the liabilities of the airport.
Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , due to the fact that it was built on the of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from the old Hong Kong Airport .
The airport opened for commercial operations in 1998, replacing Kai Tak Airport, and is an important regional trans-shipment centre, passenger hub and gateway for destinations in China, East Asia and Southeast Asia. Despite a relatively short history, Hong Kong International Airport has won several notable international "Best Airport" awards. In 2001-2005 and 2007 - 2008, it came first in Skytrax's World Airport Awards, and second in 2006.
HKIA operates twenty-four hours a day, and is one of the in terms of international passenger and cargo movement. In 2007, HKIA handled 47.8 million passengers and 3.74 million tonnes of cargo. It is the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, , Hong Kong Express Airways, Hong Kong Airlines and Air Hong Kong.
The airport was built on a largely artificial island from Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau. The two former islands that were levelled comprise about 25% of the surface area of the airport's 12.55 km? platform. It is connected to the northern side of Lantau Island near the historic village of Tung Chung, now expanded into a new town. Land reclamation for the airport added nearly 1% to the entirety of Hong Kong's surface area. It replaced the , which was located in the Kowloon City area with a single runway extending into Kowloon Bay close to the urban built-up areas.
Construction of the new airport was only part of the Airport Core Programme, which also involved construction of new road and rail links to the airport, with associated bridges and tunnels, and major land reclamation projects on both Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon. The project is the most expensive airport project ever, according to . Construction of the new airport was voted as one of the Top 10 Construction Achievements of the 20th Century at the ConExpo conference in 1999.
Opened on 6 July 1998, a week later than Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it took six years and US $20 billion to build. On that day at 6:25 a.m., Cathay Pacific's CX889 was the first flight to land at the airport, pipping the original CX292 from Rome which was the scheduled first arrival. The architects were Foster and Partners. For three to five months after its opening, it suffered various severe organisational, mechanical, and technical problems that almost crippled the airport. At one time, the government reopened the cargo terminal at Kai Tak Airport to handle freight traffic due to a breakdown at the new cargo terminal, named Super Terminal One , however after six months the airport started to operate normally.
Officially opened in June 2007, the second airport terminal, called T2, is linked with the Airport Express Line with a new platform. The terminal also features a new shopping mall , providing a large variety of shops and restaurants, together with a few entertainment facilities. T2 also houses a 36-bay coach station and 56 airline check-in counters, as well as customs and immigration facilities.
Besides T2, the SkyCity Nine Eagles Golf Course has been opened in 2007 whereas the second airport hotel, the Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel; and a permanent cross-boundary ferry terminal, the SkyPier, are slated to begin operation in 2008 and 2009 repectively. Development around T2 also includes the AsiaWorld-Expo which has started operation in late 2005.
A study for the ''HKIA Master Plan 2030'' is underway to examine whether and how infrastructures at HKIA - including airport access, terminal and apron facilities and a new runway - should be developed to support the economic growth of Hong Kong and the region.
The airport is operated by the Airport Authority Hong Kong, a statutory body wholly owned by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The is responsible for the provision of air traffic control services, certification of Hong Kong registered aircraft, monitoring of airlines on their compliance with bilateral Air Services Agreements, and the regulation of general civil aviation activities.
The airport has two parallel runways, both of which are 3800 metres in length and 60 metres wide, enabling them to cater to the next generation of aircraft. The south runway has been given a , while the north runway has the higher Category IIIA rating, which allows pilots to land in only 200 metre visibility. The two runways have an ultimate capacity of over 60 aircraft movements an hour. At present there are 49 frontal stands, 28 remote stands and 25 cargo stands. Five parking bays at the Northwest Concourse are already capable of accommodating the arrivals of the next generation of aircraft. A satellite concourse with 10 frontal stands for narrow body aircraft is under construction to the north of the main concourse for commissioning by the end of 2009. It'll bring the total no of frontal stands at the airport to 59.
The airport was the third in Asia in 2005, and the world's second busiest airport for cargo traffic in 2005. In terms of international traffic, the airport is the third busiest for passenger traffic and the busiest for cargo since its operation in 1998. There are 87 international airlines providing about 760 scheduled passenger and all-cargo flights each day between Hong Kong and some 154 destinations worldwide. About 76 percent of these flights are operated with wide-bodied jets. There are also an average of approximately 31 non-scheduled passenger and cargo flights each week.
The operation of scheduled air services to and from Hong Kong is facilitated by air services agreements between Hong Kong and other countries. Since the opening of HKIA, the has implemented a policy of progressive liberalisation of air services with the intention of promoting consumer choice and competition.
The airport's long term expansion opportunities are subject to variables. A proposal to build a third runway has been under feasibility study and consultation but would be very expensive as it would involve additional reclamation from deep waters, and the building cost of the third runway may be as high as the building cost of the entire airport. On the other hand, there exists only one airway between Hong Kong and China , and this single route is often and easily backed up causing delays in both Hong Kong and China. Finally, China requires that aircraft flying the single air route between Hong Kong and China be at an altitude of least 15,000 feet. Talks are underway to persuade the Chinese military to relax its airspace restriction in view of worsening air traffic congestion at the airport.
Several airlines are based at Hong Kong International Airport:
* Cathay Pacific, is the flag carrier of Hong Kong. Cathay operates a mixed all-widebody fleet of one hundred and fifteen Airbuses and Boeings, providing scheduled services to the rest of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Europe, South Africa and North America.
** Dragonair operates 39 aircraft, providing scheduled passenger services to and from Mainland China and Japan, it also operates cargo services to much of the world.
* Hong Kong Express operates smaller aircraft on scheduled services mainly to Mainland China on routes shared with Cathay and Dragonair. Hong Kong Express also operates a helicopter service to areas close by
* operates scheduled all-cargo services between Hong Kong and Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Singapore.
* Hong Kong Airlines, operates scheduled passenger services to Korea, Thailand, and China.
Recreational flying in Hong Kong is catered for by the Hong Kong Aviation Club, which undertakes flying training for private pilots and provides facilities for private owners.
The provides short and long range search and rescue services, police support, medical evacuation and general purpose flights for the Government.
The airport is one of the most accessible in operation today. Despite its size, the passenger terminal is designed for maximum convenience. A simple layout and effective signage, moving walkways and the automated people mover allow quick and easy movement throughout the building. The airport also features a driverless people mover system consisting of 3 stations to provide fast transportation from check-in area to gates . These trains travel at 62km/h and the service is provided for free to all passengers and crew.
Terminal 1 of the HKIA is currently the second largest airport passenger terminal building of the world . At its opening, Terminal 1 was the largest airport passenger terminal building, with a total gross floor area of 550,000 m?. It briefly conceded the status to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport when the latter opened on 15 September 2006, but reclaimed the title when the East Hall was expanded, bring its total area to the current 570,000 m?. Terminal 1's title as the world's largest was surrendered to Beijing Capital International Airport's Terminal 3 on 2008.
Terminal 2 of the Hong Kong International Airport, together with the Skyplaza, opened on February 28, 2007 along with the opening of the Platform 3. It is only a check-in and processing facility for departing passengers with no gates or arrival facilities. So far Air Asia, Bangkok Airways, East Star Airlines, Emirates Airline, Hong Kong Express, Hong Kong Airlines, Jetstar Asia Airways, Jet Airways, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Siem Reap Airways, South African Airways, Thai Airways International and Uni Air have relocated their check-in operations to T2. The is situated within Terminal 2.
The Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre is located within the confines of the airport and has its own terminal and facilities separate from the public terminal. It provides a full range of services for executive aircraft and passengers, including passenger lounge, private rooms and showers, business centre facilities, ground handling, baggage handling, fuelling, security, customs and flight planning. Designated spaces and hangarage are also provided at the BAC for private aircraft.
In order to sustain the growth of passengers, the Airport Authority formulated a “push and pull through” strategy to expand its connections to new sources of passengers and cargo. This means adapting the network to the rapidly-growing markets in China and in particular to the Pearl River Delta region . In 2003, two major events improved connections to the PRD. One was the opening of a new Airport-Mainland Coach Station. The coach station features a 230 m? waiting lounge and sheltered bays for ten coaches. The dedicated coach terminal provides a comfortable environment for passengers travelling between HKIA and different cities in PRD. A huge number of buses are operating per day to transport passengers between HKIA and major cities in the Mainland.
The Coach Station was relocated to Terminal 2 in 2007. The 36 bays at the new Coach Station allow cross-border coaches to make 240 trips a day carrying passengers between the airport and 70 cities and towns in the PRD. Local tour and hotel coaches also operate from there.
HKIA’s network to China is also expanded by the opening of SkyPier in late September 2003, offering millions in the PRD direct access to the airport. Passengers coming to SkyPier by high-speed ferries can board buses for onward flights while arriving air passengers can board ferries at the pier for their journeys back to the PRD. Passengers travelling both directions can bypass custom and immigration formalities, which reduces transit time. Four ports – Shekou, Shenzhen, Macau and – were initially served. As of August 2007, SkyPier serves Shenzhen's Shekou and Fuyong, Dongguan's , Macau, Zhongshan and Zhuhai. Moreover, passengers travelling from Shekou and Macau piers can even complete airline check-in procedures with participating airlines before boarding the ferries and go straight to the boarding gate for the connecting flight at HKIA. The provision of cross boundary coach and ferry services has transformed HKIA into an inter-modal transportation hub combining air, sea and land transport.
Ramp handling services are provided by Hong Kong Airport Services Limited , Jardine Air Terminal Services Limited, and Menzies Aviation Group. Their services include the handling of mail and passenger baggage, transportation of cargo, aerobridge operations and the operation of passenger stairways. The airport has an advanced baggage handling system , the main section of which is located in the basement level of the passenger terminal, and a separate remote transfer facility at the western end of the main concourse for handling of tight connection transfer bags.
HKIA currently handles well over three million tonnes of cargo annually. Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited operates one of the two air cargo terminals at the airport. Its headquarters, the 328,000 m? SuperTerminal 1, is the world’s second largest stand-alone air cargo handling facility, after the opening of the West Cargo Handling Area of the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in 26 Mar 2008. The designed capacity is 2.6 million tonnes of freight a year. The second air cargo terminal is operated by Asia Airfreight Terminal Company Limited, and currently has a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes a year. It is envisaged that HKIA’s total air cargo capacity per annum will reach nine million tonnes ultimately.
Both line and base maintenance services are undertaken by , while China Aircraft Services Limited and Pan Asia Pacific Aviation Services Limited carry out line maintenance. Line maintenance services include routine servicing of aircraft performed during normal turnaround periods and regularly scheduled layover periods. Base maintenance covers all airframe maintenance services and, for this, HAECO has a three-bay hangar, which can accommodate up to three Boeing B747-400 aircraft and two Airbus A320 aircraft, and an adjoining support workshop. HAECO also has the world's largest mobile hangar, weighing over 400 tons. It can be used to enclose half of a wide-body airplane, so that the whole facility can fully enclose four 747s when the mobile hangar is used. A new two-bay hangar that locates next to the current one will be in operation by the end of 2006.
The Air Traffic Control Complex , located at the centre of the airfield, is the nerve centre of the entire air traffic control system. Some 370 air traffic controllers and supporting staff work around the clock to provide air traffic control services for the safe and efficient flow of aircraft movements within the Hong Kong Flight Information Region . At the Air Traffic Control Tower, controllers provide 24-hour aerodrome control services to aircraft operating at the airport. A Backup Air Traffic Control Centre/Tower constructed to the north of the ATCX is available for operational use in the event normal services provided in the ATCX are disrupted by unforeseen circumstances. Apart from serving as an operational backup, the facilities are also used for air traffic control training.
The Airport Meteorological Office of the Hong Kong Observatory provides weather services for the aviation community The AMO makes routine and special weather observations and provides fixed-time aerodrome forecasts and landing forecasts for the HKIA. It issues aerodrome warnings on adverse weather for protection of aerodrome facilities and aircraft on the ground. It also issues significant weather information on thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, turbulence, icing, and other hazardous weather which may affect aviation safety in the area within which Hong Kong is responsible for the provision of air traffic services. To enhance the safety of aircraft landing and taking off from HKIA, the AMO issues alerts of low-level windshear and turbulence.
Rescue and fire fighting services within the airport are covered by the Airport Fire Contingent of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department. The contingent has a strength of 282 uniformed members, operating two fire stations and two rescue berths for 24-hour emergency calls. It is equipped with 14 fire appliances which can respond to incidents within two minutes in optimum conditions of visibility and surface conditions, satisfying the relevant recommendation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Two high capacity rescue boats, supported by eight speed boats, form the core of sea rescue operations.
*Aeroflot
*Air Canada
*Air China
*Air France
*Air India
*Air Mauritius
*Air New Zealand
*Air Niugini
*All Nippon Airways
*Asiana Airlines
*Biman Bangladesh Airlines
*British Airways
*Cathay Pacific
*Cebu Pacific
*China Airlines
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Continental Airlines
*Dragonair
*El Al
*Ethiopian Airlines
*EVA Air
*Finnair
*Garuda Indonesia
*Japan Airlines
*Kenya Airways
*KLM
*Korean Air
*Lufthansa
*Malaysia Airlines
*Mandarin Airlines
*Nepal Airlines
*Northwest Airlines
*Orient Thai Airlines
*Pakistan International Airlines
*Qantas
*Qatar Airways
*Royal Brunei Airlines
*Saudi Arabian Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Singapore Airlines
*SriLankan Airlines
*Swiss International Air Lines
*Turkish Airlines
*United Airlines
*Vietnam Airlines
*Virgin Atlantic Airways
*Xiamen Airlines
Terminal 2 is a check-in only facility. All boarding gates, transfer and arrival facilities are in Terminal 1.
*AirAsia
*Bangkok Airways
*East Star Air
*Emirates Airline
*Hong Kong Airlines
*Hong Kong Express Airways
*Jet Airways
*Jetstar Asia Airways
*Philippine Airlines
*Royal Jordanian
*South African Airways
*Thai Airways International
*Uni Air
*ACT Airlines
*Aeroflot-Cargo
*AirBridgeCargo Airlines
*Air China Cargo
*Air France Cargo
*Air Hong Kong
*Alitalia
*ANA Cargo
*Asiana Cargo
*Atlas Air
*British Airways World Cargo
*Cargolux
*Cathay Pacific Cargo
**Dragonair Cargo
*Czech Airlines Cargo
*China Cargo Airlines
*China Airlines Cargo
*El Al Cargo
*Emirates SkyCargo
*EVA Air Cargo
*Evergreen International Airlines
*FedEx
*Gemini Air Cargo
*JAL Cargo
*Jade Cargo International
*Jett8 Airlines Cargo
*Kalitta Air
*KLM Cargo
*Korean Air Cargo
*Lufthansa Cargo
*Mandarin Airlines
*MASkargo
*Martinair Cargo
*Nippon Cargo Airlines
*NWA Cargo
*Orient Thai Cargo
*Philippine Airlines Cargo
*Polar Air Cargo
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*Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo
*Shanghai Airlines Cargo
*Singapore Airlines Cargo
*Southern Air
*TESIS Aviation Enterprise
*Thai Global Airline
*Transmile Air Services
*United Parcel Service
*World Airways
*Yangtze River Express
The airport can be reached by the , a dedicated rail link provided by the MTR. It takes 24 minutes to reach the airport from the central , via and stations. Airport Express passengers may check-in for their flights up to a day before their departure, depending on the airline they are travelling with. Check-in counters are available at both the Hong Kong and Kowloon stations on the Airport Express Line. Facing the front of the train, doors to both Terminals 1 and 2 open at the same time to the left and right respectively upon arrival at the Airport Station.
Passengers may also take the 1-minute journey to AsiaWorld-Expo, which is located also in Chek Lap Kok. This portion of the was opened from 20 December 2005.
In the latest policy address by Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, the chief executive of the Special Administrative Region, the government will soon start the study of building a railway connecting between Hong Kong International Airport and Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.
Numerous city bus services are provided between the airport and most of the city, both by , New Lantao Bus, Long Win Bus and Discovery Bay Bus from both the Airport Ground Transportation Centre and Cheong Tat Road.
In the various bus terminals in the City, bus routes that go to the Airport are marked with the letter "A", "E", "S" and "N" on the route number. No matter where you are located in Hong Kong, any bus that starts with an "A" or an "E" on Citybus' CityFlyers or Long Win Bus' Airbus means that it goes to the airport, except routes E21A, E21X and E31. Some of the buses are also marked with a special orange color. These buses are also specially designed to carry large amounts of luggage.
Coach service is available to major cities and towns in Guangdong, such as Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou.
Direct ferry services are available from the airport to various destinations throughout the Pearl River Delta. Passengers using these services are treated as transit passengers and are not considered to have entered Hong Kong for immigration purposes. For this reason, access to the ferry terminal is before immigration in the airport for arriving passengers. Check-in services are available at these piers. Four ports – Shekou, Shenzhen, Macau and – were initially served, extending to Guangzhou and Zhongshan at the end of 2003. The Zhuhai service began on 10 July 2007
At this time, these services are available to air passengers only.
The airport is served by all three different types of taxi, distinguished by their colour:
*Urban taxis connect the Airport with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and parts of the new towns of Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin and Tseung Kwan O. .
*New Territories taxis connect the airport with the New Territories, except those parts of the Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin and Tseung Kwan O served by urban taxis.
*Lantau taxis connect the airport with the rest of Lantau Island.
* On 22 August 1999, , which was landing in at Hong Kong International Airport en route from Bangkok International Airport to Hong Kong, rolled over and caught fire, coming to rest upside down beside the runway. Three people onboard were killed.
* On July 31 2000 a man, armed with a pistol, forced his way through a security checkpoint and held a woman hostage on a Cathay Pacific aircraft. The man surrendered after two and a half hours.
*On July 8, 2008, from bumped into an engineering vehicle after landing. There were no injuries; however, the wing of the aircraft was slightly damaged after the collision.
* Tower North: 118.200
* Tower South: 118.400
* Tower: 118.700
* Ground North: 122.600
* Ground South: 121.550
* Departure: 123.800
* Departure: 124.05
* Approach: 119.100
* Approach: 119.350
* Approach: 133.700
* Precision: 133.700
* Zone Control: 120.600
* Clearance Delivery: 129.900
* Clearance Delivery: 124.650
* Departure ATIS: 127.050
* Arrival ATIS: 128.200
* Flight Service: 121.000
* Flight Service: 122.400
* Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation CAPA International Airport of the Year
* Skytrax World's Best Airport
* Conde Nast Traveler World's Best Airport
* Air Transport Research Society Asia Pacific Airport Efficiency Excellence Award
* TravelWeekly Best International Airport
* Air Cargo World Air Cargo Excellence
* Airports Council International World's Best Airport
* SmartTravelAsia.com Best Airport Worldwide
* TravelWeeklyChina Best Airport Facilities
* Business Traveller Best Airport in China
* TTG Best Airport
* Federation of Asia Pacific Aircargo Associations Most Friendly Airport for Cargo
* AETRA Best Airport Worldwide
* Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Diamond - Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Awards
* Air Cargo News Cargo Airport of the Year
* International Air Transport Association [ Eagle Award
* WTA World Travel Awards Asia/ Pacific's Leading Airport
* Asiaweek Asia's Best Airport
* Raven Fox Award for Travel-Retail Excellence in Asia / Pacific
* British Constructional Steelwork Association, the Steel Construction Institute, and British Steel Structural Steel Design Award
* Hong Kong Institute of Architects Silver Medal for Architecture
* Construction Industry Manufacturers Association CONEXPO-CON/AGG '99 Top 10 Construction Achievements of the 20th Century - Airport Core Programme
The airport opened for commercial operations in 1998, replacing Kai Tak Airport, and is an important regional trans-shipment centre, passenger hub and gateway for destinations in China, East Asia and Southeast Asia. Despite a relatively short history, Hong Kong International Airport has won several notable international "Best Airport" awards. In 2001-2005 and 2007 - 2008, it came first in Skytrax's World Airport Awards, and second in 2006.
HKIA operates twenty-four hours a day, and is one of the in terms of international passenger and cargo movement. In 2007, HKIA handled 47.8 million passengers and 3.74 million tonnes of cargo. It is the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, , Hong Kong Express Airways, Hong Kong Airlines and Air Hong Kong.
History
The airport was built on a largely artificial island from Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau. The two former islands that were levelled comprise about 25% of the surface area of the airport's 12.55 km? platform. It is connected to the northern side of Lantau Island near the historic village of Tung Chung, now expanded into a new town. Land reclamation for the airport added nearly 1% to the entirety of Hong Kong's surface area. It replaced the , which was located in the Kowloon City area with a single runway extending into Kowloon Bay close to the urban built-up areas.
Construction of the new airport was only part of the Airport Core Programme, which also involved construction of new road and rail links to the airport, with associated bridges and tunnels, and major land reclamation projects on both Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon. The project is the most expensive airport project ever, according to . Construction of the new airport was voted as one of the Top 10 Construction Achievements of the 20th Century at the ConExpo conference in 1999.
Opened on 6 July 1998, a week later than Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it took six years and US $20 billion to build. On that day at 6:25 a.m., Cathay Pacific's CX889 was the first flight to land at the airport, pipping the original CX292 from Rome which was the scheduled first arrival. The architects were Foster and Partners. For three to five months after its opening, it suffered various severe organisational, mechanical, and technical problems that almost crippled the airport. At one time, the government reopened the cargo terminal at Kai Tak Airport to handle freight traffic due to a breakdown at the new cargo terminal, named Super Terminal One , however after six months the airport started to operate normally.
Officially opened in June 2007, the second airport terminal, called T2, is linked with the Airport Express Line with a new platform. The terminal also features a new shopping mall , providing a large variety of shops and restaurants, together with a few entertainment facilities. T2 also houses a 36-bay coach station and 56 airline check-in counters, as well as customs and immigration facilities.
Besides T2, the SkyCity Nine Eagles Golf Course has been opened in 2007 whereas the second airport hotel, the Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel; and a permanent cross-boundary ferry terminal, the SkyPier, are slated to begin operation in 2008 and 2009 repectively. Development around T2 also includes the AsiaWorld-Expo which has started operation in late 2005.
A study for the ''HKIA Master Plan 2030'' is underway to examine whether and how infrastructures at HKIA - including airport access, terminal and apron facilities and a new runway - should be developed to support the economic growth of Hong Kong and the region.
The airport is operated by the Airport Authority Hong Kong, a statutory body wholly owned by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The is responsible for the provision of air traffic control services, certification of Hong Kong registered aircraft, monitoring of airlines on their compliance with bilateral Air Services Agreements, and the regulation of general civil aviation activities.
The airport has two parallel runways, both of which are 3800 metres in length and 60 metres wide, enabling them to cater to the next generation of aircraft. The south runway has been given a , while the north runway has the higher Category IIIA rating, which allows pilots to land in only 200 metre visibility. The two runways have an ultimate capacity of over 60 aircraft movements an hour. At present there are 49 frontal stands, 28 remote stands and 25 cargo stands. Five parking bays at the Northwest Concourse are already capable of accommodating the arrivals of the next generation of aircraft. A satellite concourse with 10 frontal stands for narrow body aircraft is under construction to the north of the main concourse for commissioning by the end of 2009. It'll bring the total no of frontal stands at the airport to 59.
The airport was the third in Asia in 2005, and the world's second busiest airport for cargo traffic in 2005. In terms of international traffic, the airport is the third busiest for passenger traffic and the busiest for cargo since its operation in 1998. There are 87 international airlines providing about 760 scheduled passenger and all-cargo flights each day between Hong Kong and some 154 destinations worldwide. About 76 percent of these flights are operated with wide-bodied jets. There are also an average of approximately 31 non-scheduled passenger and cargo flights each week.
The operation of scheduled air services to and from Hong Kong is facilitated by air services agreements between Hong Kong and other countries. Since the opening of HKIA, the has implemented a policy of progressive liberalisation of air services with the intention of promoting consumer choice and competition.
The airport's long term expansion opportunities are subject to variables. A proposal to build a third runway has been under feasibility study and consultation but would be very expensive as it would involve additional reclamation from deep waters, and the building cost of the third runway may be as high as the building cost of the entire airport. On the other hand, there exists only one airway between Hong Kong and China , and this single route is often and easily backed up causing delays in both Hong Kong and China. Finally, China requires that aircraft flying the single air route between Hong Kong and China be at an altitude of least 15,000 feet. Talks are underway to persuade the Chinese military to relax its airspace restriction in view of worsening air traffic congestion at the airport.
Operations
Main airlines based at HKIA
Several airlines are based at Hong Kong International Airport:
* Cathay Pacific, is the flag carrier of Hong Kong. Cathay operates a mixed all-widebody fleet of one hundred and fifteen Airbuses and Boeings, providing scheduled services to the rest of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Europe, South Africa and North America.
** Dragonair operates 39 aircraft, providing scheduled passenger services to and from Mainland China and Japan, it also operates cargo services to much of the world.
* Hong Kong Express operates smaller aircraft on scheduled services mainly to Mainland China on routes shared with Cathay and Dragonair. Hong Kong Express also operates a helicopter service to areas close by
* operates scheduled all-cargo services between Hong Kong and Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Singapore.
* Hong Kong Airlines, operates scheduled passenger services to Korea, Thailand, and China.
Recreational flying in Hong Kong is catered for by the Hong Kong Aviation Club, which undertakes flying training for private pilots and provides facilities for private owners.
The provides short and long range search and rescue services, police support, medical evacuation and general purpose flights for the Government.
Passenger facilities
The airport is one of the most accessible in operation today. Despite its size, the passenger terminal is designed for maximum convenience. A simple layout and effective signage, moving walkways and the automated people mover allow quick and easy movement throughout the building. The airport also features a driverless people mover system consisting of 3 stations to provide fast transportation from check-in area to gates . These trains travel at 62km/h and the service is provided for free to all passengers and crew.
Terminal 1 of the HKIA is currently the second largest airport passenger terminal building of the world . At its opening, Terminal 1 was the largest airport passenger terminal building, with a total gross floor area of 550,000 m?. It briefly conceded the status to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport when the latter opened on 15 September 2006, but reclaimed the title when the East Hall was expanded, bring its total area to the current 570,000 m?. Terminal 1's title as the world's largest was surrendered to Beijing Capital International Airport's Terminal 3 on 2008.
Terminal 2 of the Hong Kong International Airport, together with the Skyplaza, opened on February 28, 2007 along with the opening of the Platform 3. It is only a check-in and processing facility for departing passengers with no gates or arrival facilities. So far Air Asia, Bangkok Airways, East Star Airlines, Emirates Airline, Hong Kong Express, Hong Kong Airlines, Jetstar Asia Airways, Jet Airways, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Siem Reap Airways, South African Airways, Thai Airways International and Uni Air have relocated their check-in operations to T2. The is situated within Terminal 2.
The Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre is located within the confines of the airport and has its own terminal and facilities separate from the public terminal. It provides a full range of services for executive aircraft and passengers, including passenger lounge, private rooms and showers, business centre facilities, ground handling, baggage handling, fuelling, security, customs and flight planning. Designated spaces and hangarage are also provided at the BAC for private aircraft.
Intermodal transportation hub
In order to sustain the growth of passengers, the Airport Authority formulated a “push and pull through” strategy to expand its connections to new sources of passengers and cargo. This means adapting the network to the rapidly-growing markets in China and in particular to the Pearl River Delta region . In 2003, two major events improved connections to the PRD. One was the opening of a new Airport-Mainland Coach Station. The coach station features a 230 m? waiting lounge and sheltered bays for ten coaches. The dedicated coach terminal provides a comfortable environment for passengers travelling between HKIA and different cities in PRD. A huge number of buses are operating per day to transport passengers between HKIA and major cities in the Mainland.
The Coach Station was relocated to Terminal 2 in 2007. The 36 bays at the new Coach Station allow cross-border coaches to make 240 trips a day carrying passengers between the airport and 70 cities and towns in the PRD. Local tour and hotel coaches also operate from there.
HKIA’s network to China is also expanded by the opening of SkyPier in late September 2003, offering millions in the PRD direct access to the airport. Passengers coming to SkyPier by high-speed ferries can board buses for onward flights while arriving air passengers can board ferries at the pier for their journeys back to the PRD. Passengers travelling both directions can bypass custom and immigration formalities, which reduces transit time. Four ports – Shekou, Shenzhen, Macau and – were initially served. As of August 2007, SkyPier serves Shenzhen's Shekou and Fuyong, Dongguan's , Macau, Zhongshan and Zhuhai. Moreover, passengers travelling from Shekou and Macau piers can even complete airline check-in procedures with participating airlines before boarding the ferries and go straight to the boarding gate for the connecting flight at HKIA. The provision of cross boundary coach and ferry services has transformed HKIA into an inter-modal transportation hub combining air, sea and land transport.
Baggage and cargo facilities
Ramp handling services are provided by Hong Kong Airport Services Limited , Jardine Air Terminal Services Limited, and Menzies Aviation Group. Their services include the handling of mail and passenger baggage, transportation of cargo, aerobridge operations and the operation of passenger stairways. The airport has an advanced baggage handling system , the main section of which is located in the basement level of the passenger terminal, and a separate remote transfer facility at the western end of the main concourse for handling of tight connection transfer bags.
HKIA currently handles well over three million tonnes of cargo annually. Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited operates one of the two air cargo terminals at the airport. Its headquarters, the 328,000 m? SuperTerminal 1, is the world’s second largest stand-alone air cargo handling facility, after the opening of the West Cargo Handling Area of the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in 26 Mar 2008. The designed capacity is 2.6 million tonnes of freight a year. The second air cargo terminal is operated by Asia Airfreight Terminal Company Limited, and currently has a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes a year. It is envisaged that HKIA’s total air cargo capacity per annum will reach nine million tonnes ultimately.
Aircraft maintenance services
Both line and base maintenance services are undertaken by , while China Aircraft Services Limited and Pan Asia Pacific Aviation Services Limited carry out line maintenance. Line maintenance services include routine servicing of aircraft performed during normal turnaround periods and regularly scheduled layover periods. Base maintenance covers all airframe maintenance services and, for this, HAECO has a three-bay hangar, which can accommodate up to three Boeing B747-400 aircraft and two Airbus A320 aircraft, and an adjoining support workshop. HAECO also has the world's largest mobile hangar, weighing over 400 tons. It can be used to enclose half of a wide-body airplane, so that the whole facility can fully enclose four 747s when the mobile hangar is used. A new two-bay hangar that locates next to the current one will be in operation by the end of 2006.
Airport based ground services
The Air Traffic Control Complex , located at the centre of the airfield, is the nerve centre of the entire air traffic control system. Some 370 air traffic controllers and supporting staff work around the clock to provide air traffic control services for the safe and efficient flow of aircraft movements within the Hong Kong Flight Information Region . At the Air Traffic Control Tower, controllers provide 24-hour aerodrome control services to aircraft operating at the airport. A Backup Air Traffic Control Centre/Tower constructed to the north of the ATCX is available for operational use in the event normal services provided in the ATCX are disrupted by unforeseen circumstances. Apart from serving as an operational backup, the facilities are also used for air traffic control training.
The Airport Meteorological Office of the Hong Kong Observatory provides weather services for the aviation community The AMO makes routine and special weather observations and provides fixed-time aerodrome forecasts and landing forecasts for the HKIA. It issues aerodrome warnings on adverse weather for protection of aerodrome facilities and aircraft on the ground. It also issues significant weather information on thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, turbulence, icing, and other hazardous weather which may affect aviation safety in the area within which Hong Kong is responsible for the provision of air traffic services. To enhance the safety of aircraft landing and taking off from HKIA, the AMO issues alerts of low-level windshear and turbulence.
Rescue and fire fighting services within the airport are covered by the Airport Fire Contingent of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department. The contingent has a strength of 282 uniformed members, operating two fire stations and two rescue berths for 24-hour emergency calls. It is equipped with 14 fire appliances which can respond to incidents within two minutes in optimum conditions of visibility and surface conditions, satisfying the relevant recommendation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Two high capacity rescue boats, supported by eight speed boats, form the core of sea rescue operations.
Airlines and destinations
Terminal 1
*Aeroflot
*Air Canada
*Air China
*Air France
*Air India
*Air Mauritius
*Air New Zealand
*Air Niugini
*All Nippon Airways
*Asiana Airlines
*Biman Bangladesh Airlines
*British Airways
*Cathay Pacific
*Cebu Pacific
*China Airlines
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Continental Airlines
*Dragonair
*El Al
*Ethiopian Airlines
*EVA Air
*Finnair
*Garuda Indonesia
*Japan Airlines
*Kenya Airways
*KLM
*Korean Air
*Lufthansa
*Malaysia Airlines
*Mandarin Airlines
*Nepal Airlines
*Northwest Airlines
*Orient Thai Airlines
*Pakistan International Airlines
*Qantas
*Qatar Airways
*Royal Brunei Airlines
*Saudi Arabian Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Singapore Airlines
*SriLankan Airlines
*Swiss International Air Lines
*Turkish Airlines
*United Airlines
*Vietnam Airlines
*Virgin Atlantic Airways
*Xiamen Airlines
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 is a check-in only facility. All boarding gates, transfer and arrival facilities are in Terminal 1.
*AirAsia
*Bangkok Airways
*East Star Air
*Emirates Airline
*Hong Kong Airlines
*Hong Kong Express Airways
*Jet Airways
*Jetstar Asia Airways
*Philippine Airlines
*Royal Jordanian
*South African Airways
*Thai Airways International
*Uni Air
Cargo airlines
*ACT Airlines
*Aeroflot-Cargo
*AirBridgeCargo Airlines
*Air China Cargo
*Air France Cargo
*Air Hong Kong
*Alitalia
*ANA Cargo
*Asiana Cargo
*Atlas Air
*British Airways World Cargo
*Cargolux
*Cathay Pacific Cargo
**Dragonair Cargo
*Czech Airlines Cargo
*China Cargo Airlines
*China Airlines Cargo
*El Al Cargo
*Emirates SkyCargo
*EVA Air Cargo
*Evergreen International Airlines
*FedEx
*Gemini Air Cargo
*JAL Cargo
*Jade Cargo International
*Jett8 Airlines Cargo
*Kalitta Air
*KLM Cargo
*Korean Air Cargo
*Lufthansa Cargo
*Mandarin Airlines
*MASkargo
*Martinair Cargo
*Nippon Cargo Airlines
*NWA Cargo
*Orient Thai Cargo
*Philippine Airlines Cargo
*Polar Air Cargo
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*Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo
*Shanghai Airlines Cargo
*Singapore Airlines Cargo
*Southern Air
*TESIS Aviation Enterprise
*Thai Global Airline
*Transmile Air Services
*United Parcel Service
*World Airways
*Yangtze River Express
Ground transportation
Rail
The airport can be reached by the , a dedicated rail link provided by the MTR. It takes 24 minutes to reach the airport from the central , via and stations. Airport Express passengers may check-in for their flights up to a day before their departure, depending on the airline they are travelling with. Check-in counters are available at both the Hong Kong and Kowloon stations on the Airport Express Line. Facing the front of the train, doors to both Terminals 1 and 2 open at the same time to the left and right respectively upon arrival at the Airport Station.
Passengers may also take the 1-minute journey to AsiaWorld-Expo, which is located also in Chek Lap Kok. This portion of the was opened from 20 December 2005.
In the latest policy address by Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, the chief executive of the Special Administrative Region, the government will soon start the study of building a railway connecting between Hong Kong International Airport and Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.
Bus
Numerous city bus services are provided between the airport and most of the city, both by , New Lantao Bus, Long Win Bus and Discovery Bay Bus from both the Airport Ground Transportation Centre and Cheong Tat Road.
In the various bus terminals in the City, bus routes that go to the Airport are marked with the letter "A", "E", "S" and "N" on the route number. No matter where you are located in Hong Kong, any bus that starts with an "A" or an "E" on Citybus' CityFlyers or Long Win Bus' Airbus means that it goes to the airport, except routes E21A, E21X and E31. Some of the buses are also marked with a special orange color. These buses are also specially designed to carry large amounts of luggage.
Coach service is available to major cities and towns in Guangdong, such as Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou.
Ferry
Direct ferry services are available from the airport to various destinations throughout the Pearl River Delta. Passengers using these services are treated as transit passengers and are not considered to have entered Hong Kong for immigration purposes. For this reason, access to the ferry terminal is before immigration in the airport for arriving passengers. Check-in services are available at these piers. Four ports – Shekou, Shenzhen, Macau and – were initially served, extending to Guangzhou and Zhongshan at the end of 2003. The Zhuhai service began on 10 July 2007
At this time, these services are available to air passengers only.
Taxi
The airport is served by all three different types of taxi, distinguished by their colour:
*Urban taxis connect the Airport with Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and parts of the new towns of Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin and Tseung Kwan O. .
*New Territories taxis connect the airport with the New Territories, except those parts of the Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin and Tseung Kwan O served by urban taxis.
*Lantau taxis connect the airport with the rest of Lantau Island.
Accidents and incidents
* On 22 August 1999, , which was landing in at Hong Kong International Airport en route from Bangkok International Airport to Hong Kong, rolled over and caught fire, coming to rest upside down beside the runway. Three people onboard were killed.
* On July 31 2000 a man, armed with a pistol, forced his way through a security checkpoint and held a woman hostage on a Cathay Pacific aircraft. The man surrendered after two and a half hours.
*On July 8, 2008, from bumped into an engineering vehicle after landing. There were no injuries; however, the wing of the aircraft was slightly damaged after the collision.
Air traffic control communication frequencies
* Tower North: 118.200
* Tower South: 118.400
* Tower: 118.700
* Ground North: 122.600
* Ground South: 121.550
* Departure: 123.800
* Departure: 124.05
* Approach: 119.100
* Approach: 119.350
* Approach: 133.700
* Precision: 133.700
* Zone Control: 120.600
* Clearance Delivery: 129.900
* Clearance Delivery: 124.650
* Departure ATIS: 127.050
* Arrival ATIS: 128.200
* Flight Service: 121.000
* Flight Service: 122.400
Awards
* Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation CAPA International Airport of the Year
* Skytrax World's Best Airport
* Conde Nast Traveler World's Best Airport
* Air Transport Research Society Asia Pacific Airport Efficiency Excellence Award
* TravelWeekly Best International Airport
* Air Cargo World Air Cargo Excellence
* Airports Council International World's Best Airport
* SmartTravelAsia.com Best Airport Worldwide
* TravelWeeklyChina Best Airport Facilities
* Business Traveller Best Airport in China
* TTG Best Airport
* Federation of Asia Pacific Aircargo Associations Most Friendly Airport for Cargo
* AETRA Best Airport Worldwide
* Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Diamond - Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Awards
* Air Cargo News Cargo Airport of the Year
* International Air Transport Association [ Eagle Award
* WTA World Travel Awards Asia/ Pacific's Leading Airport
* Asiaweek Asia's Best Airport
* Raven Fox Award for Travel-Retail Excellence in Asia / Pacific
* British Constructional Steelwork Association, the Steel Construction Institute, and British Steel Structural Steel Design Award
* Hong Kong Institute of Architects Silver Medal for Architecture
* Construction Industry Manufacturers Association CONEXPO-CON/AGG '99 Top 10 Construction Achievements of the 20th Century - Airport Core Programme
Hohhot Baita International Airport
Hohhot Baita International Airport is an airport in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China . It is the largest airport in Inner Mongolia and lies 14.3km east of downtown Hohhot. Its name Baita meaning White Pagoda derives from Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda, one of the historical attractions in Hohhot which lies 5.6km south-east of the airport.
Hohhot Baita airport was opened on October 1, 1958. In the mid 1980s and 1990's, it underwent two expansions and in June 2007 a new terminal was constructed. The new terminal covers an area of 54499m? with 11 parking jetways and is capable of handling 3 million passengers each year. Furthermore, its runway has also been lengthened and its width increased so that it can accommodate the take off and landing of jumbo jets such as the Airbus A380. It serves as one of the diversion airports for air traffic during the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Presently Hohhot airport is connected to 28 domestic cities by 26 air routes, it serves international scheduled flights to Ulan Bator as well as charter flights to Hong Kong, Russia and Thailand.
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*China United Airlines
*Grand China Express Air
*Hainan Airlines
*Juneyao Airlines
*Aero Mongolia
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
History and expansion
Hohhot Baita airport was opened on October 1, 1958. In the mid 1980s and 1990's, it underwent two expansions and in June 2007 a new terminal was constructed. The new terminal covers an area of 54499m? with 11 parking jetways and is capable of handling 3 million passengers each year. Furthermore, its runway has also been lengthened and its width increased so that it can accommodate the take off and landing of jumbo jets such as the Airbus A380. It serves as one of the diversion airports for air traffic during the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Presently Hohhot airport is connected to 28 domestic cities by 26 air routes, it serves international scheduled flights to Ulan Bator as well as charter flights to Hong Kong, Russia and Thailand.
Airlines and destinations
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*China United Airlines
*Grand China Express Air
*Hainan Airlines
*Juneyao Airlines
*Aero Mongolia
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
Heihe Airport
Hefei Luogang International Airport
Harbin Taiping International Airport
Harbin Taiping International Airport is an international airport in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. Harbin Taiping Airport, formerly known as Yanjiagang Airport, is located about 33km away from the city of Harbin and was constructed in 1979 with further expansion between 1994 and 1997 at a cost of about $960 million RMB. In 1984 it was upgraded to an international airport status. Today it serves as an important transportation hub for northeastern China and is the largest northernmost airport of China. Its terminal building is also currently the largest in northeastern China.
It is capable of handling 6 million passengers annually and is currently connected with more than 50 air routes both domestic and international. Currently it has one 3200 metres asphalt runway.
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*China United Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
*Asiana Airlines
*Cathay Pacific
**Dragonair
*China Southern Airlines
*Dalavia
*Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy
*Vladivostok Air
*Yakutia
Harbin Airport is big and divided into international and domestic terminals like Sydney airport.
It is capable of handling 6 million passengers annually and is currently connected with more than 50 air routes both domestic and international. Currently it has one 3200 metres asphalt runway.
Airlines and destinations
Domestic
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*China United Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
International
*Asiana Airlines
*Cathay Pacific
**Dragonair
*China Southern Airlines
*Dalavia
*Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy
*Vladivostok Air
*Yakutia
Description
Harbin Airport is big and divided into international and domestic terminals like Sydney airport.
Hanzhong Airport
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport is the principal airport serving Hangzhou, a major city in the Yangtze River Delta region and the provincial capital of Zhejiang.
The airport is built on the southern shore of Qiantang River in the Xiaoshan district and is 27km away from downtown Hangzhou.
In 2007, Hangzhou airport handled 11,729,983 passengers, and became the airport in China. In addition, the airport was the airport in terms of cargo traffic and the airport by traffic movements.
The airport was planned to be constructed in 3 phases. The first phase of construction started in July 1997 and was completed and opened for traffic on December 30 2000. It replaces the old Hangzhou airport which was a shared civil and military airfield. In September 2003, the central government of China declared HGH an international airport and in March 2004 the airport officially became an international airport after immigration and customs facilities were built and put into service.
The airport was a hub of CNAC Zhejiang. After the airlines' merger with Air China, Air China inherited the Hangzhou hub.
Phase 1 of the airport occupies 7260 arces of land. It has a capacity of 8 million passengers and 110,000 tons of cargo a year and can handle aircraft as large as the Boeing 747-400. It has 1 runway of 3,600m in length and 45m in width. The passenger terminal can handle 3,600 passengers an hour and is 100,000 sq. metre in size . The departure level has 36 ticket counters, including 12 in the international side of the terminal. There are 2,900 seats in the departure lounge. The immigration and customs area occupies 9,500 sq. metre of terminal space.
The apron occupies 340,000 sq. metre of land and there are 12 jetways and 18 departure gates.
Maintenance facilities are certified to perform B-Check on all types of aircraft and C-Check on Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 aircraft.
The Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway has an exit at the airport. Driving time from the airport to Shanghai is 2.5hrs, Suzhou is 1.5hrs, Wuxi is 2hrs and Wenzhou is 3.5hrs.
There are airport buses to downtown Hangzhou and Xiaoshan every 15-30 minutes. There are also airport buses to prefectures further away near Hangzhou such as Yiwu with a less frequency.
*Airport Transfer
** Travel from Hangzhou Airport to Shanghai at CNY100 one way
** Estimated Journey 3.5 hours'''
Shanghai Huangpu Bus Station
No. 1588 of Shanghai Waima Road
Tel: 21-33760978 33765128
Current destinations :
* AirAsia X
* Air China
* Air Macau
* All Nippon Airways
* Asiana Airlines
* China Eastern Airlines
* Dragonair
* Hong Kong Airlines
* Hong Kong Express Airways
* Japan Airlines
* Philippine Airlines
* Xiamen Airlines
* Air China
* China Eastern Airlines
* China Southern Airlines
* East Star Air
* Hainan Airlines
** Grand China Express Air
* Shandong Airlines
* Shanghai Airlines
* Shenzhen Airlines
* Sichuan Airlines
* United Eagle Airlines
* Xiamen Airlines
*Korean Air
The airport is built on the southern shore of Qiantang River in the Xiaoshan district and is 27km away from downtown Hangzhou.
In 2007, Hangzhou airport handled 11,729,983 passengers, and became the airport in China. In addition, the airport was the airport in terms of cargo traffic and the airport by traffic movements.
History
The airport was planned to be constructed in 3 phases. The first phase of construction started in July 1997 and was completed and opened for traffic on December 30 2000. It replaces the old Hangzhou airport which was a shared civil and military airfield. In September 2003, the central government of China declared HGH an international airport and in March 2004 the airport officially became an international airport after immigration and customs facilities were built and put into service.
The airport was a hub of CNAC Zhejiang. After the airlines' merger with Air China, Air China inherited the Hangzhou hub.
Facilities
Phase 1 of the airport occupies 7260 arces of land. It has a capacity of 8 million passengers and 110,000 tons of cargo a year and can handle aircraft as large as the Boeing 747-400. It has 1 runway of 3,600m in length and 45m in width. The passenger terminal can handle 3,600 passengers an hour and is 100,000 sq. metre in size . The departure level has 36 ticket counters, including 12 in the international side of the terminal. There are 2,900 seats in the departure lounge. The immigration and customs area occupies 9,500 sq. metre of terminal space.
The apron occupies 340,000 sq. metre of land and there are 12 jetways and 18 departure gates.
Maintenance facilities are certified to perform B-Check on all types of aircraft and C-Check on Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 aircraft.
Transportation
The Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway has an exit at the airport. Driving time from the airport to Shanghai is 2.5hrs, Suzhou is 1.5hrs, Wuxi is 2hrs and Wenzhou is 3.5hrs.
There are airport buses to downtown Hangzhou and Xiaoshan every 15-30 minutes. There are also airport buses to prefectures further away near Hangzhou such as Yiwu with a less frequency.
*Airport Transfer
** Travel from Hangzhou Airport to Shanghai at CNY100 one way
** Estimated Journey 3.5 hours'''
Shanghai Huangpu Bus Station
No. 1588 of Shanghai Waima Road
Tel: 21-33760978 33765128
Airlines and destinations
Current destinations :
International
* AirAsia X
* Air China
* Air Macau
* All Nippon Airways
* Asiana Airlines
* China Eastern Airlines
* Dragonair
* Hong Kong Airlines
* Hong Kong Express Airways
* Japan Airlines
* Philippine Airlines
* Xiamen Airlines
Domestic
* Air China
* China Eastern Airlines
* China Southern Airlines
* East Star Air
* Hainan Airlines
** Grand China Express Air
* Shandong Airlines
* Shanghai Airlines
* Shenzhen Airlines
* Sichuan Airlines
* United Eagle Airlines
* Xiamen Airlines
Cargo Carriers
*Korean Air
Hailar Dongshan Airport
Haikou Meilan International Airport
Haikou Meilan International Airport is the largest and newest airport on the island of Hainan in the People's Republic of China. It is located 25km from the main provincial city of Haikou and opened in 1999.
The airport, operated by Meilan Airport Company Limited, serves both domestic and international passengers.
The airport terminal has 60,200 square metres of space, with 45 check-in counters and 11 security checkpoints. The airport is staffed by 565 employees.
Getting to the airport from Haikou city by taxi usually costs about RMB 50 and takes about 30 minutes.
* Number of passengers : 6,025,000
* Cargo volume : 81,404 tonnes
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Deer Air
*East Star Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
*AirAsia
*Air Macau
*Asiana Airlines
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Hong Kong Airlines
*Tiger Airways
The airport, operated by Meilan Airport Company Limited, serves both domestic and international passengers.
Facilities
The airport terminal has 60,200 square metres of space, with 45 check-in counters and 11 security checkpoints. The airport is staffed by 565 employees.
Getting to the airport from Haikou city by taxi usually costs about RMB 50 and takes about 30 minutes.
Operational statistics
* Number of passengers : 6,025,000
* Cargo volume : 81,404 tonnes
Airlines and destinations
Domestic
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Deer Air
*East Star Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
International
*AirAsia
*Air Macau
*Asiana Airlines
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Hong Kong Airlines
*Tiger Airways
Sources
Guiyang Longdongbao Airport
Guiyang Longdongbao Airport is an airport in Guiyang, Guizhou, China. The airport's modern passenger terminal includes 12 gates and a large shopping area for local souvenirs.
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Express Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
*Air China
*Air Macau
Airlines and destinations
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Express Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Airlines and Destinations
*Air China
*Air Macau
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport
Guilin Liangjiang International Airport , is the airport serving Liangjiang, about 28 km southwest from Guilin City, Guangxi, China.
The following destinations are directly served from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport :
*AirAsia
*Air Macau
*Asiana Airlines
*Bangkok Airways
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hong Kong Airlines
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*East Star Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
**Kunpeng Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Airlines and destinations
The following destinations are directly served from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport :
International
*AirAsia
*Air Macau
*Asiana Airlines
*Bangkok Airways
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hong Kong Airlines
Domestic
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*East Star Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
**Kunpeng Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is the main airport of Guangzhou, the capital of the province of Guangdong, People's Republic of China. Both airport codes were inherited from the , and the IATA code reflects Guangzhou's former romanization ''Canton''. The airport is the main hub of China Southern Airlines and a focus city for Shenzhen Airlines.
In 2007, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was the airport in Mainland China in terms of passenger traffic, with 30,958,467 people handled. As for cargo traffic, the airport was the in China and the worldwide. Guangzhou airport is also the airport in terms of traffic movements in China.
The current airport in Huadu District opened on August 5, 2004, replacing the 72-year-old previous, identically named . The new airport, built at a cost of 19.8 billion , is 28 kilometers from downtown Guangzhou and nearly 5 times larger than its predecessor.
The opening of the New Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport had relieved most of the controversies of the older and deteriorated airport because of the limited space, overcrowding and lack of expansions. Its opening allowed it to overcome curfews and restrictions and begin a 24 hour operation. This meant that China Southern Airlines could highly utilize their intercontinental routes by flying overnight. Other airlines have this benefit too.
"Baiyun" means "white clouds" in , and refers to near the location of the former airport. The airport is also referred to as "New Baiyun" to distinguish it from the previous version, but this is not a part of the official name.
Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways have launched new flights to the airport in 2008 from Dubai and Doha respectively. Emirates Airlines now flies six times weekly on everyday except Fridays using an Airbus A330-200 aircraft. From 1st October the service will become daily and from 1st December, Emirates plans to serve the route with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. Qatar Airways currently operates 5 flights a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays using an Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
Kenya Airways may introduce non-stop daily flights in 2010. The airline has enhanced its services since July 3, 2008 to 6 flights weekly to Nairobi via Bangkok and Dubai. United Airlines received authorization to serve Guangzhou from San Francisco after winning rights. However, the start date has been pushed back a year due to high fuel costs. Also Jet Airways and have expressed their interest in opening routes to the airport in the near future. FedEx is going to open a new super hub at the airport in December 2008, replacing their current Subic Bay International Airport in Philippines.
The Novotel Baiyun Airport Guangzhou is a five-star hotel managed by Accor, a French hotel management group. Located beside the airport terminal, the hotel offers 460 guestrooms including 45 suites and two Biz Floors with comprehensive facilities including high speed Internet access.
*Runways: 2 , room reserved for 5 runways
*Aircraft parking bays: 166
*Current passenger capacity: 25 million passengers per year
*Planned capacity in 2010: 45 million passengers per year
*Planned capacity in 2020: 75 million passengers per year
*Current cargo capacity: 1 million tonnes
*Planned cargo capacity in 2010: 2 million tonnes
*Planned cargo capacity in 2020: over 2.17 million tonnes
*Destinations: 100
*Branch airports: Shantou, Meizhou, Zhanjiang
*Planned branch airports: Weizhou, Zhaoqing
Construction of the E3 and W3 corridors are due to be completed in June 2009, which will increase the airport's capacity to 45 million passengers a year. The Asia Pacific hub of FedEx Express and a neutral cargo terminal are nearly finished and will start operation at the end of 2008. A new metro station located under the existing airport terminal, named "Airport South Station", is already under construction. When completed in 2010, the metro station will be part of line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro system and reduce the travelling time between the airport and the city centre to about half an hour.
In August 2008, the airport's new expansion plan got approved by the National Development and Reform Commission of China. According to the expansion project, the airport will build a third runway located 400 metres east of the existing east runway. The new runway will be 3800 metres long and 60 metres wide. Other facilities to be built in the expansion plan include a 531,000-square-metre Terminal 2, a new indoor car park and an outdoor car park, a transportation centre and another metro station which will serve Terminal 2. The total cost of the project will be RMB 14.036 billion . Construction is estimated to start in 2009 and the new runway will be completed in June 2010 before the . When the whole project is completed in 2013 or 2014, the airport will be able to handle 75 million passengers and more than 2.17 million tonnes of cargo a year.
*AirAsia
*Air France
*Air Zimbabwe
*All Nippon Airways
*Asiana Airlines
*Batavia Air
*Cebu Pacific
*China Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Dalavia
*Garuda Indonesia
*Japan Airlines
*Kenya Airways
*Korean Air
*Lufthansa
*Malaysia Airlines
*Mandarin Airlines
*Northwest Airlines
*Qatar Airways
*Singapore Airlines
*Thai Airways International
*Tiger Airways
*Transaero
*TransAsia Airways
*Uni Air
*United Airlines
*Vietnam Airlines
*Yemenia
***
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*East Star Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
*Orient Thai Airlines
-Ceased operations due to low profitability or competition with China Southern Airlines.
*Pakistan International Airlines
*Qantas
*Air France Cargo
*Asiana Cargo
*FedEx
*China Postal Airlines
*JAL Cargo
*Korean Air Cargo
*Lufthansa Cargo
*Malaysia Airlines Kargo
*Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo
*United Parcel Service
*Volga-Dnepr
In 2007, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was the airport in Mainland China in terms of passenger traffic, with 30,958,467 people handled. As for cargo traffic, the airport was the in China and the worldwide. Guangzhou airport is also the airport in terms of traffic movements in China.
Overview
The current airport in Huadu District opened on August 5, 2004, replacing the 72-year-old previous, identically named . The new airport, built at a cost of 19.8 billion , is 28 kilometers from downtown Guangzhou and nearly 5 times larger than its predecessor.
The opening of the New Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport had relieved most of the controversies of the older and deteriorated airport because of the limited space, overcrowding and lack of expansions. Its opening allowed it to overcome curfews and restrictions and begin a 24 hour operation. This meant that China Southern Airlines could highly utilize their intercontinental routes by flying overnight. Other airlines have this benefit too.
"Baiyun" means "white clouds" in , and refers to near the location of the former airport. The airport is also referred to as "New Baiyun" to distinguish it from the previous version, but this is not a part of the official name.
New routes
Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways have launched new flights to the airport in 2008 from Dubai and Doha respectively. Emirates Airlines now flies six times weekly on everyday except Fridays using an Airbus A330-200 aircraft. From 1st October the service will become daily and from 1st December, Emirates plans to serve the route with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. Qatar Airways currently operates 5 flights a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays using an Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
Kenya Airways may introduce non-stop daily flights in 2010. The airline has enhanced its services since July 3, 2008 to 6 flights weekly to Nairobi via Bangkok and Dubai. United Airlines received authorization to serve Guangzhou from San Francisco after winning rights. However, the start date has been pushed back a year due to high fuel costs. Also Jet Airways and have expressed their interest in opening routes to the airport in the near future. FedEx is going to open a new super hub at the airport in December 2008, replacing their current Subic Bay International Airport in Philippines.
Airport hotel
The Novotel Baiyun Airport Guangzhou is a five-star hotel managed by Accor, a French hotel management group. Located beside the airport terminal, the hotel offers 460 guestrooms including 45 suites and two Biz Floors with comprehensive facilities including high speed Internet access.
Data
*Runways: 2 , room reserved for 5 runways
*Aircraft parking bays: 166
*Current passenger capacity: 25 million passengers per year
*Planned capacity in 2010: 45 million passengers per year
*Planned capacity in 2020: 75 million passengers per year
*Current cargo capacity: 1 million tonnes
*Planned cargo capacity in 2010: 2 million tonnes
*Planned cargo capacity in 2020: over 2.17 million tonnes
*Destinations: 100
*Branch airports: Shantou, Meizhou, Zhanjiang
*Planned branch airports: Weizhou, Zhaoqing
Expansion
Construction of the E3 and W3 corridors are due to be completed in June 2009, which will increase the airport's capacity to 45 million passengers a year. The Asia Pacific hub of FedEx Express and a neutral cargo terminal are nearly finished and will start operation at the end of 2008. A new metro station located under the existing airport terminal, named "Airport South Station", is already under construction. When completed in 2010, the metro station will be part of line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro system and reduce the travelling time between the airport and the city centre to about half an hour.
In August 2008, the airport's new expansion plan got approved by the National Development and Reform Commission of China. According to the expansion project, the airport will build a third runway located 400 metres east of the existing east runway. The new runway will be 3800 metres long and 60 metres wide. Other facilities to be built in the expansion plan include a 531,000-square-metre Terminal 2, a new indoor car park and an outdoor car park, a transportation centre and another metro station which will serve Terminal 2. The total cost of the project will be RMB 14.036 billion . Construction is estimated to start in 2009 and the new runway will be completed in June 2010 before the . When the whole project is completed in 2013 or 2014, the airport will be able to handle 75 million passengers and more than 2.17 million tonnes of cargo a year.
Airlines and destinations
International passenger flights
*AirAsia
*Air France
*Air Zimbabwe
*All Nippon Airways
*Asiana Airlines
*Batavia Air
*Cebu Pacific
*China Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Dalavia
*Garuda Indonesia
*Japan Airlines
*Kenya Airways
*Korean Air
*Lufthansa
*Malaysia Airlines
*Mandarin Airlines
*Northwest Airlines
*Qatar Airways
*Singapore Airlines
*Thai Airways International
*Tiger Airways
*Transaero
*TransAsia Airways
*Uni Air
*United Airlines
*Vietnam Airlines
*Yemenia
Domestic passenger flights
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*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*East Star Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Former passenger flights
*Orient Thai Airlines
-Ceased operations due to low profitability or competition with China Southern Airlines.
*Pakistan International Airlines
*Qantas
Cargo airlines
*Air France Cargo
*Asiana Cargo
*FedEx
*China Postal Airlines
*JAL Cargo
*Korean Air Cargo
*Lufthansa Cargo
*Malaysia Airlines Kargo
*Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo
*United Parcel Service
*Volga-Dnepr
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former)
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport or Pai Yuen Airport was the main airport in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, until August 5, 2004, when it was replaced by the identically named Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, some 17 kilometers north away. The airport was opened in 1932. "Baiyun" means "white clouds" in Chinese. The airport got this name as it was located beside the Baiyun Mountain.
On October 2, 1990, Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 from Xiamen to Guangzhou, a jetliner, hijacked shortly after took off from Xiamen, landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, sideswiped a China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707, and crashed into a China Southern Airlines Boeing 757, caused a total of 128 fatalies. The three other aircraft in the apron were destroyed. See 1990 People's Republic of China airliner collision.
Incidents and accidents
On October 2, 1990, Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 from Xiamen to Guangzhou, a jetliner, hijacked shortly after took off from Xiamen, landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, sideswiped a China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707, and crashed into a China Southern Airlines Boeing 757, caused a total of 128 fatalies. The three other aircraft in the apron were destroyed. See 1990 People's Republic of China airliner collision.
Golmud Airport
Ganzhou Huangjin Airport
Fuzhou Changle International Airport
Fuzhou Changle International Airport is an airport in Fuzhou, Fujian, China . The airport opened on June 23, 1997, after being approved for building in 1992. The current handling capacity is approximately 6.5 million people annually. In 2003, Fuzhou airport handled 3.39 million passengers.
Service to following destinations were available at Fuzhou Chengle International Airport :
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hainan Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Airlines and destinations
Service to following destinations were available at Fuzhou Chengle International Airport :
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hainan Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Enshi Airport
Dunhuang Airport
Dongying Airport
Diqing Airport
Datong Airport
Dandong Airport
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport is an airport in Ganjingzi District, Dalian, China. The airport is listed as a military base but is also open to the public and jointly operated by the Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport Co., Ltd.
On May 7, 2002, China Northern flight 6136 was enroute from Beijing to Dalian crashed into a bay near Dalian, killing everyone aboard.
In 2007, the airport handled 7,281,084 passengers, and became the busiest airport in Northeast China and the nationwide.
The following airlines have scheduled services to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport as of February 2007:
*Air China
*All Nippon Airways
*Asiana Airlines
*China Southern Airlines (Sapporo-New Chitose, Fukuoka, Toyama, Hiroshima, Irkutsk
*Dragonair
*Japan Airlines
*Korean Air
*S7 Airlines
*SAT Airlines
*Vladivostok Air
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*China United Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hainan Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
On May 7, 2002, China Northern flight 6136 was enroute from Beijing to Dalian crashed into a bay near Dalian, killing everyone aboard.
In 2007, the airport handled 7,281,084 passengers, and became the busiest airport in Northeast China and the nationwide.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines have scheduled services to Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport as of February 2007:
International
*Air China
*All Nippon Airways
*Asiana Airlines
*China Southern Airlines (Sapporo-New Chitose, Fukuoka, Toyama, Hiroshima, Irkutsk
*Dragonair
*Japan Airlines
*Korean Air
*S7 Airlines
*SAT Airlines
*Vladivostok Air
Domestic
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*China United Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hainan Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Dali Airport
Dachuan Airport
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport is an airport located in theYubei District of Chongqing, People's Republic of China. It is located 21km away from the city-centre of Chongqing and serves as an important hub for south-western China. In 2007, Jiangbei airport handled 10,355,730 passengers, and ranked number 10 of all airports in China. It is a hub for Air China, Chongqing Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and later China West Air when it begins operations and Shenzhen Airlines when it opens a hub at the airport.
The first and second phase of the airport came into operation in January 1990 and December 2004 respectively. Currently Jiangbei airport has two terminals with one serving domestic flights and the other mainly international flights. Its domestic terminal is capable of handling 7 million passengers while its international terminal is able to handle more than 1 million passengers annually. A third terminal is currently in the planning stage with a second and third runway construction due to commence shortly.
In terms of passenger traffic, Chongqing airport was the airport nationwide in 2007, handling 10,355,730 people. Also, the airport was the 11th busiest airport both by and nationwide.
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*China United Airlines
*Chongqing Airlines
*Deer Air
*Hainan Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
*Air China
*Asiana Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hong Kong Express Airways
*Philippine Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*SilkAir
The first and second phase of the airport came into operation in January 1990 and December 2004 respectively. Currently Jiangbei airport has two terminals with one serving domestic flights and the other mainly international flights. Its domestic terminal is capable of handling 7 million passengers while its international terminal is able to handle more than 1 million passengers annually. A third terminal is currently in the planning stage with a second and third runway construction due to commence shortly.
In terms of passenger traffic, Chongqing airport was the airport nationwide in 2007, handling 10,355,730 people. Also, the airport was the 11th busiest airport both by and nationwide.
Airlines and Destinations
Domestic
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*China United Airlines
*Chongqing Airlines
*Deer Air
*Hainan Airlines
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
International
*Air China
*Asiana Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hong Kong Express Airways
*Philippine Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*SilkAir
Chifeng Airport
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport ) is the major airport in Chengdu, China. In 2007, it was the busiest airport in Western China and the airport nationwide in terms of passenger traffic. Shuangliu Airport was also the airport in terms of cargo traffic and the airport by traffic movements in China as for 2007. The airport opened in 1938 as a military airport, in which capacity it operated during the second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It now is an international civil airport with flights to more than 20 international destinations and many domestic airports, and is a hub for Air China and Sichuan Airlines. An expressway connects downtown Chengdu with the airport, and a is planned connect to the airport as well. The airport is located in the north of Shuangliu County, about southwest of downtown Chengdu.
Domestic:
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
International:
Hong Kong & Macau are listed here, as these flights are treated as international flights.
*Air China
*Air Macau
*Asiana Airlines
*China Eastern Airlines
*Dragonair
*KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
*Orient Thai Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*SilkAir
*Thai Airways International
Airlines and destinations
Domestic:
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
International:
Hong Kong & Macau are listed here, as these flights are treated as international flights.
*Air China
*Air Macau
*Asiana Airlines
*China Eastern Airlines
*Dragonair
*KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
*Orient Thai Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*SilkAir
*Thai Airways International
Changzhou Benniu Airport
Changzhi Wangcun Airport
Changsha Huanghua International Airport
Changsha Huanghua International Airport is located in the Huanghua township of Changsha munucipality, about 20 kilometers east of central Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China. The airport is managed by the Hunan Airport Authority, a publicly owned corporation managing all five airports in Hunan Province.
Ground Transportation
*Airport buses: Wuyi Avenue Line , and South Station Line, RMB ?15.
*Taxis: reference meter price to central Changsha - RMB ?90 .
*Buses to nearby cities: to Changde , Xiangtan , Zhuzhou , Yueyang
Construction for the airport started on June 25, 1986, and the first flight departed on August 29, 1989. The current covers an area of 33,000 square meters. During 2006, it handled over 6 million passengers, becoming the 13th busiest airport in mainland China in passenger traffic terms.
A plan for RMB ?2.15-billion expansion has been approved and work has begun in July 2006 to:
* Extend the runway from the current 2,600m to 3,200m;
* Add additional taxiways and ;
* Renovate the old terminal;
* Build a new terminal with a total area of 163,000 square meters; and
* Expand the airport parking space.
All new facilities are planned to be in place by 2010.
The airport is a regional hub for China Southern Airlines.
The airport is served by the following airlines :
*Asiana Airlines
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hong Kong Airlines
*Korean Air
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Deer Air
*East Star Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Juneyao Airlines
*Kunpeng Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Airport information
Ground Transportation
*Airport buses: Wuyi Avenue Line , and South Station Line, RMB ?15.
*Taxis: reference meter price to central Changsha - RMB ?90 .
*Buses to nearby cities: to Changde , Xiangtan , Zhuzhou , Yueyang
Airport statistics
Construction for the airport started on June 25, 1986, and the first flight departed on August 29, 1989. The current covers an area of 33,000 square meters. During 2006, it handled over 6 million passengers, becoming the 13th busiest airport in mainland China in passenger traffic terms.
A plan for RMB ?2.15-billion expansion has been approved and work has begun in July 2006 to:
* Extend the runway from the current 2,600m to 3,200m;
* Add additional taxiways and ;
* Renovate the old terminal;
* Build a new terminal with a total area of 163,000 square meters; and
* Expand the airport parking space.
All new facilities are planned to be in place by 2010.
Airlines and destinations
The airport is a regional hub for China Southern Airlines.
The airport is served by the following airlines :
International
*Asiana Airlines
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Dragonair
*Hong Kong Airlines
*Korean Air
Domestic
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Deer Air
*East Star Airlines
*Hainan Airlines
*Juneyao Airlines
*Kunpeng Airlines
*Okay Airways
*Shandong Airlines
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Spring Airlines
*United Eagle Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Changde Airport
Luzhou Airport
Luzhou Airport is an airport in Luzhou, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China .
Luzhou Airport was built in 1945 and initially served an air route between China and India by the US Air Force during the World War II. Services were suspended in the 1960s, but later it was used for training purposes by the . Major renovations and expansions were completed in January of 2001, and now the airport serves direct flights to Beijing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Guiyang and Shenzhen..
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Express Airlines
Luzhou Airport was built in 1945 and initially served an air route between China and India by the US Air Force during the World War II. Services were suspended in the 1960s, but later it was used for training purposes by the . Major renovations and expansions were completed in January of 2001, and now the airport serves direct flights to Beijing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Guiyang and Shenzhen..
Airlines and destinations
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Express Airlines
Luxi Mangshi Airport
Luoyang Airport
Longyan Airport
Longyan Airport is an airport in Longyan, Fujian, People’s Republic of China . The airport has a handling capacity of 140,000 passengers and 800 tons of cargos. The airport was opened to navigation on April 25, 2004. 15,600 passengers passed through the airport in 2005.
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Airlines and destinations
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Liuzhou Airport
List of airports in Hong Kong
List of airports and heliports in Hong Kong.
:''Also see :Category:Airports in Hong Kong, :Category:Heliports in Hong Kong and ''
Hong Kong has become an international transportation hub of cargoes and passengers soon after 1841. In air transport, Hong Kong International Airport acts as a major international hubs for both passenger and cargo. There are several airports and heliports for military and other civil purposes. Helipads are commonly found in Hong Kong especially in large government buildings.
The ICAO code of Hong Kong Flight Information Region is VHHK.
* hotel. It is the only rooftop helipad in the territory, excluding the rooftop heliport of Shun Tak Centre and those in hospitals
*Ping Chau
*Cheung Chau, between and Kwun Yam Beach.
* waterfront
*Tai Mei Tuk near main dam of Plover Cove Reservoir
*Discovery Bay Marina
*Mui Wo waterfront, Lantau Island
*Kwai Chung Workshop at Lai King Hill Road
*Soko Islands, South of Lantau Island
*Sai Wan, Sai Kung
*Hau Tong Kai, Sai Kung
*Lo Fu Kei Shek, Sai Kung
*Kadoorie Base, engineering and operations base of Heliservices Ltd, Lam Kam Road, New Territories
*Wan Chai, next to Hong Kong Island exit of the Cross Habour Tunnel
*Yuen Long Police Station
*Sunny Bay, In Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
*Sunny Bay, Near Sunny Bay Power Station
:''Also see :Category:Airports in Hong Kong, :Category:Heliports in Hong Kong and ''
Hong Kong has become an international transportation hub of cargoes and passengers soon after 1841. In air transport, Hong Kong International Airport acts as a major international hubs for both passenger and cargo. There are several airports and heliports for military and other civil purposes. Helipads are commonly found in Hong Kong especially in large government buildings.
Flight Information Region
The ICAO code of Hong Kong Flight Information Region is VHHK.
Airports
Heliports
Helipads
* hotel. It is the only rooftop helipad in the territory, excluding the rooftop heliport of Shun Tak Centre and those in hospitals
*Ping Chau
*Cheung Chau, between and Kwun Yam Beach.
* waterfront
*Tai Mei Tuk near main dam of Plover Cove Reservoir
*Discovery Bay Marina
*Mui Wo waterfront, Lantau Island
*Kwai Chung Workshop at Lai King Hill Road
*Soko Islands, South of Lantau Island
*Sai Wan, Sai Kung
*Hau Tong Kai, Sai Kung
*Lo Fu Kei Shek, Sai Kung
*Kadoorie Base, engineering and operations base of Heliservices Ltd, Lam Kam Road, New Territories
*Wan Chai, next to Hong Kong Island exit of the Cross Habour Tunnel
*Yuen Long Police Station
*Sunny Bay, In Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
*Sunny Bay, Near Sunny Bay Power Station
Linyi Airport
Lincang Airport
Lijiang Airport
Lijiang Airport is an airport in Lijiang City, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China . It was formerly a military airfield during World War II like other airports in China for Allies of World War II aircraft to land after carrying out missions against Japan in the Second Sino-Japanese War . Over the years it has expanded little and still remains a small airport.
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Deer Air
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Airlines and destinations
*Air China
*China Eastern Airlines
*China Southern Airlines
*Deer Air
*Shanghai Airlines
*Shenzhen Airlines
*Sichuan Airlines
*Xiamen Airlines
Liping Airport
Lianyungang Airport
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