2 more runways being built at Pudong airport
By Zha Minjie |
April 30, 2011, Saturday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
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.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
