Construction of Beijing’s new airport moves closer to completion

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Construction of Beijing’s new airport moves closer to completion

(People's Daily Online) 09:05, December 29, 2018



Construction of a traffic network surrounding Beijing's new airport in Daxing District has gained momentum as four runways were completed recently. Now the airport terminal buildings, with a centerpiece and five arms, resembles a phoenix spreading out its wings. The aviation hub is scheduled to start test operations by September next year. (Photo/Beijing News)


Construction of a traffic network surrounding Beijing's new airport in Daxing District has gained momentum as four runways were completed recently. Now the airport terminal buildings, with a centerpiece and five arms, resembles a phoenix spreading out its wings. The aviation hub is scheduled to start test operations by September next year. (Photo/Beijing News)


Construction of a traffic network surrounding Beijing's new airport in Daxing District has gained momentum as four runways were completed recently. Now the airport terminal buildings, with a centerpiece and five arms, resembles a phoenix spreading out its wings. The aviation hub is scheduled to start test operations by September next year. (Photo/Beijing News)

Construction of a traffic network surrounding Beijing's new airport in Daxing District has gained momentum as four runways were completed recently. Now the airport terminal buildings, with a centerpiece and five arms, resembles a phoenix spreading out its wings. The aviation hub is scheduled to start test operations by September next year. (Photo/Beijing News)

http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/1229/c90000-9533089-5.html

 

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Expressway linking new Beijing airport expected to open in June

2018-12-29 23:15:11 Xinhua Editor : Wang Fan

The expressway linking Beijing's new airport on the southern outskirts is expected to open in June 2019, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport announced Saturday.

Construction of the expressway has gained momentum, the commission said. Beijing Daxing International Airport is scheduled to start test operation by September next year.

The expressway will start from Tuanhe Bridge near the city's South Fifth Ring Road and end at the north side of the new airport. The expressway is 27 km in length and will have four lanes in each direction.

The new airport is located 46 km south of downtown Beijing, and designed to take pressure off the overcrowded Beijing Capital International Airport in the northeastern suburbs.

The construction of the main terminal's exterior walls has wrapped up, while workers have finished around 80 percent of interior decoration, with the electromechanical devices having been installed, according to Li Jianhua, who is in charge of the new airport's terminal project under Beijing Urban Construction Group.

A subway linking Beijing's urban districts with the airport is also being built. A high-speed railway will be built to connect the airport with Tianjin, 120 km east of Beijing, sources with the transport authorities of the two cities said earlier this month.

http://www.ecns.cn/news/economy/2018-12-29/detail-ifzccnsu7722215.shtml

 

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Beijing's new airport to be surrounded by forest

Xinhua, January 14, 2019

Beijing's new international airport, which is set to be operational this year, will be an airport in the forest, district officials said Sunday.

The Beijing Daxing International Airport is located 46 km south of downtown Beijing. It sits at the junction of Beijing's Daxing District and Langfang, a city in neighboring Hebei Province.

Forest will cover 17,866 hectares of surrounding areas of the new airport, officials said at the on-going Daxing district people's congress.

Decoration work is under way for the interior of the hub. Highways leading to and out of the airport are under construction.

The airport is expected to handle 45 million passengers annually by 2021 and 72 million by 2025, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.

The new airport is aimed at taking pressure off the overcrowded Beijing Capital International Airport in the northeastern suburbs, which handled over 100 million passengers last year, the world's second busiest airport in passenger traffic.

China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines will be the main carriers at the new airport. Overseas airlines can choose which airport to use or operate in both airports, according to the CAAC.

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2019-01/14/content_74369925.htm