Shanghai to gain third airport at Jiaxing

By Jane Chen | October 12, 2009, Monday |

Online Edition

SHANGHAI may get a third airport at Jiaxing City where a military air base will be expanded for civil flights.

The expansion, starting this year, will be completed in 2011 and enable an annual capacity of 5,500 flights, 500,000 passengers and 2,000 tons of cargo, today's Oriental Morning Post reported.

It will likely serve as Shanghai's third airport because expansion capacity remains small at Hongqiao Airport and Pudong International Airport, said Jiaxing's vice mayor Qiu Dongyao. Shanghai is expected to receive 132 million air travelers a year by 2015, he said.

A fast train could connect Jiaxing, in neighboring Zhejiang Province, to Shanghai within just 38 minutes, Qiu said.

Metro

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
|
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

Shanghai to gain third airport at Jiaxing

Email this to your friend