China to build world’s highest airport in 2012

[NeutralCitizen]

BEIJING: China will construct the world's highest-altitude airport next year in Tibet, which will the sixth in the strategic Himalayan region.

The airport, planned at an altitude of 4,436 meters in Nagqu prefecture, will be 102 meters higher than Bamda Airport in Tibet's Qamdo prefecture , currently the world's highest, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted a government work report as saying.

The airport will cover an area of up to 660 acres.

The Tibetan Branch of the China civil aviation administration has said the airport is expected to cost $285million with a three-year construction period.

Regional aviation authorities will add more flights next year to connect major cities in Tibet and also link the plateau region with other major cities nationwide, according to the document.

The increase in flight services is expected to help Tibet's airports handle 2.2 million passengers and 15,000 tonnes of cargo in 2012, it added. The Xinhua report did not mention when the airport would open.

Tibet already has five civilian airports, at least two of which are only open for a few months of the year because of extreme weather which makes flying impossible the rest of the time.

China has embarked upon a multi-billion-dollar program in recent years to revamp old airports and build new ones, especially in the remote west, as a way of boosting the economy.

China to build world’s highest airport in 2012 - The Times of India

 

[Big Boss]

In the name of a civil airport this will be the 6th airport in Tibet and its a very serious issue India must take note of this threat. Some times china talk about friendship but in reality they are heavenly militarizing Tibet for no use as china already have a decent edge there.

 

[oct605032048]

it'll be in the neighborhood of the beloved railway.

 

[Obambam]

In the name of a civil airport this will be the 6th airport in Tibet and its a very serious issue India must take note of this threat. Some times china talk about friendship but in reality they are heavenly militarizing Tibet for no use as china already have a decent edge there.

 

[oct605032048]

In the name of a civil airport this will be the 6th airport in Tibet and its a very serious issue India must take note of this threat. Some times china talk about friendship but in reality they are heavenly militarizing Tibet for no use as china already have a decent edge there.

You can invest and build more airports in our Xizang (Tibet) too.

 

[Sasquatch]

Developing Tibet rapidly within the next 5 years is a must.

 

[Sasquatch]

Already started to develop Tibet, 47 billion USD however need to put in more say 70-100 billion USD to make development faster.

“Chinese government to pump $47bn USD into Tibet” | The China Hotline

 

[cirr]

Not be confused with the future-highest airport now under construction in Tibet，

World's highest civilian airport to start operations

Updated: 2012-11-23 16:42

CHENGDU - Daocheng Yading Airport in Southwest China's Sichuan province, the world's highest-altitude civilian airport, will start operations in May, following the success of a test flight on Friday, according to a source with the airport.

Passengers get off an airplane after a test flight at Daocheng Yading Airport in Sichuan on Nov 23, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

An Airbus A319 passenger plane from Air China, the country's flagship carrier, successfully landed at the airport in Daocheng county, Garzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture, after flying there from Chengdu, the provincial capital.

Air China is expected to launch the one-hour flight between Yading and Chengdu in May, said Tan Heng, an airport official.

Construction of the airport located 4,411 meters above sea level was completed in August this year. Bangda Airport of Qamdo in Tibet, located 4,334 meters above sea level, previously held the record as the world's highest-altitude airport.

The airport is 130 km from Yading Nature Reserve, a national-level reserve in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau that features beautiful alpine valleys.

For its scenery, Yading is known as "the last Shangri-La" and "the last pure land on the blue planet."

World's highest civilian airport to start operations |Society |chinadaily.com.cn

 

[SamranAli]

indeed it must get built for tibet.. Good work.

 

[phylumchordata]

can an avg. Tibetian afford expensive air tickets or it is meant only for rich Chinese and Westerners.