
25 Jun, 2017
As of 2019, Beijing’s new 7-runway airport to be world’s biggest aviation hub
Beijing, (CRI Online) June 24, 2017 — The new airport under construction south of Beijing will become the world’s biggest aviation hub, reports the financial media company Bloomberg.

An artist’s impression of what Beijing’s new airport will look like. [File photo: qianlong.com]
“There are demands to add hundreds of flights in Beijing every day that get refused because we’re running out of resources. The city is capable of running dual hubs,” said Liu Xuesong, the general manager of Capital Airports Holding Co., the operator of Beijing’s existing airport, speaking to Bloomberg.

An artist’s impression of Beijing’s new airport. [File photo: Beijing Institute of Architectural Design]
“So far in history we haven’t seen any city or city clusters having two hubs of the same scale,” said Ma Chongxian, vice president of China National Aviation Holding Co., speaking at a conference in Beijing in May.

An artist’s impression of a hall inside Beijing’s new airport. [File photo: qianlong.com]
The journey between the airport and downtown area of Beijing is expected to take about half an hour.

An artist’s impression of a hall inside Beijing’s new airport. [File photo: qianlong.com]
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