2 more runways being built at Pudong airport
By Zha Minjie |
April 30, 2011, Saturday
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THE city is building a fourth and fifth runway at Pudong International Airport as Shanghai plans to be a major gateway to Asia-Pacific destinations.
Both runways are expected to be finished before 2015, said Wang Xiaohong, an official with the Shanghai Airport Technology Center, which was set up yesterday to provide technology support on airport design, planning and construction in the future.
The new runways will be initially used for the testing of China's jumbo jets, which will be assembled in Shanghai.
The world's biggest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, landed at Pudong airport on April 20. The airport handles more than 40 million passengers a year, with volume expected to double by 2015.
A third terminal may be built to handle the rising number of air travelers. The city's two airports have five runways.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Airport Authority signed a contract with the East China Civil Aviation Administration Bureau to jointly supervise construction and management of a new airport in Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province.
Both runways are expected to be finished before 2015, said Wang Xiaohong, an official with the Shanghai Airport Technology Center, which was set up yesterday to provide technology support on airport design, planning and construction in the future.
The new runways will be initially used for the testing of China's jumbo jets, which will be assembled in Shanghai.
The world's biggest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, landed at Pudong airport on April 20. The airport handles more than 40 million passengers a year, with volume expected to double by 2015.
A third terminal may be built to handle the rising number of air travelers. The city's two airports have five runways.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Airport Authority signed a contract with the East China Civil Aviation Administration Bureau to jointly supervise construction and management of a new airport in Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province.
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