World's largest airport starts construction in China

[oct605032048]

Didn't they make a new airport during Beijing olympics? Nice planning

That is only the third terminal of the Capital International Airport.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Look at "zipperhead's" avatar, another typical Indian suicide troll.

 

[crimemaster_gogo]

good going china this gives us inspiration so that in future we may too have world class infrastructure. hope the Delhi-Mumbai chain of megacities is started soon

 

[crimemaster_gogo]

130 mn. :O

nothing to be so surprised, the op has not highlighted the "annually" part in the paragraph. that means number of footsteps falling on that piece of land during a period of one YEAR. that's equal to a week of pedestrians walking on times square or brigade road (Bangalore) India for a week ?

 

[LetsGetRowdy]

China has started construction on a brand new super-airport that will have nine runways and be roughly the same size as Bermuda.

The Beijing Daxing International Airport is set to open in 2015, making the Chinese capital the world's busiest aviation hub, stealing the crown from the current holder, London.

It will handle 370,000 passengers a day at the 21 square-mile site in the southern suburb of Daxing.

The new airport is a reaction to the Beijing Capital International Airport currently being at bursting point, despite its Terminal 3 - bigger than all of Heathrow's five terminals combined - opening three years ago.

Cao Yunchun, a professor at the country's Civil Aviation University, told the Telegraph: 'The existing airport in Beijing has an annual capacity of 75 million passengers. Last year it handled 73 million. In two years, it will be totally packed. And it cannot be expanded infinitely.

The new site is about an hour's drive from the city centre, but plans are afoot for an extension to Beijing's metro, and even a high-speed train line.

China set to build world's biggest airport in Beijing - AOL Travel UK

other sources say it will open in 2015, not 2017 as originally thought.

 

[Rank]

some people not available ? LOLzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz who claimed about BEST EVER AND BIG AIRPORTS lolzzzzzzzzz

 

[LetsGetRowdy]

it is confirmed that the new airport will have 9 runways, however, only 8 will be for civilian purposes and one will be set aside for military use.

 

[kingkobra]

wow that will be awesome...china knows how to do things quick..

 

[protest]

They are contrarian indicators. Worry when there are no China naysayers.

The opposite also holds true for hype, hype, hype, shining, incredible and $35 tablets.

Would you cut the crap. No body says India is as developed as China today. We all know India is about 10 years behind China. Let me prove my point.

Look at top three airports by 2000 statistics for China here.

1 Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing Beijing PEK/ZBAA 21,691,077 187,070 557,362.1
2. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou Guangdong CAN/ZGGG 12,790,999 132,776 422,425.3
3. Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai Shanghai SHA/ZSSS 12,139,462 102,222 492,292.0

List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


2010 top airports of India

Rank Airport City IATA Total Passengers2010 TotalPassengers2009 % Change
1 Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi DEL 28,531,607 25,251,379 12.99
2 Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai BOM 28,137,797 24,804,766 13.44
3 Anna International Airport Chennai MAA 11,699,894 10,148,499 15.29
4 Bengaluru International Airport Bangalore BLR 11,237,468 9,434,131 19.12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busiest_airports_in_India_by_total_passenger_traffic

Clearly Indian airports are doing much better than their Chinese counter parts 10 years ago. It was only after 2003, China could match India's statistics. Now STFU.

 

[Sasquatch]

Would you cut the crap. No body says India is as developed as China today. We all know India is about 10 years behind China. Let me prove my point.

Look at top three airports by 2000 statistics for China here.

1 Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing Beijing PEK/ZBAA 21,691,077 187,070 557,362.1
2. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou Guangdong CAN/ZGGG 12,790,999 132,776 422,425.3
3. Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai Shanghai SHA/ZSSS 12,139,462 102,222 492,292.0

List of the busiest airports in the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


2010 top airports of India

Rank Airport City IATA Total Passengers2010 TotalPassengers2009 % Change
1 Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi DEL 28,531,607 25,251,379 12.99
2 Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai BOM 28,137,797 24,804,766 13.44
3 Anna International Airport Chennai MAA 11,699,894 10,148,499 15.29
4 Bengaluru International Airport Bangalore BLR 11,237,468 9,434,131 19.12

List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Clearly Indian airports are doing much better than their Chinese counter parts 10 years ago. Now STFU.

You just compared 2000 for us to your 2010 statistics.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Clearly Indian airports are doing much better than their Chinese counter parts 10 years ago. Now STFU.

LOL, this is the "hype, hype, shining, incredible" that Aramsogo was talking about.

Let's check a neutral source, like "The Economist" for instance.

According to the Economist, India is about 40 years behind China in terms of development indicators.

Comparing India and China: Chasing the dragon | The Economist

The lag in social progress is much longer. A child’s odds of surviving past their fifth birthday are as bad in India today as they were in China in the 1970s.

 

[protest]

LOL, this is the "hype, hype, shining, incredible" that Aramsogo was talking about.

Let's check a neutral source, like "The Economist" for instance.

According to the Economist, India is about 40 years behind China in terms of development indicators.

Comparing India and China: Chasing the dragon | The Economist

Dude. Quit trolling. I am giving you the statistics here. Not some cut and copy paste articles you do for your 50-cent work here.

 

[Mujraparty]

LOL, this is the "hype, hype, shining, incredible" that Aramsogo was talking about.

Let's check a neutral source, like "The Economist" for instance.

According to the Economist, India is about 40 years behind China in terms of development indicators.

Comparing India and China: Chasing the dragon | The Economist

in that case it's even better, i dont think 40 years back any Chinese airports were even on top ten list ...
we r doin great ..

 

[protest]

You just compared 2000 for us to your 2010 statistics.

I know that's why I said India is ten years behind China at the get go. To be exact, it is about 7 years behind.

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in that case it's even better, i dont think 40 years back any Chinese airports were even in top ten list ...

In 1998, not one Chinese airport was in top 30 list. Go figure.

 

[S10]

Using India as measurement of China's success is not a positive attitude. United States should be the measuring rod, not a country we left behind years ago. Do you think high achieving students in schools compared themselves to those performing poorly? No, because they look to their betters for ways to improve.

Anyways, I have no doubt about China's speed of construction or its ability to get mega projects done. What I am concerned about is the quality of these projects. Sometimes in our rush to get things done, we do cut some corners. For example, they build a highway in my hometown about 5 years ago, and now it already eroded into very poor condition and may need to be rebuilt. I rather they slow down a little and make things a bit sturdier.