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Volume 14,Issue 3 Autumn 2012

Expansion of 17 airports for Olympics on track

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The expansion and retrofit of 17 main and alternative airports which will be used for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is going smoothly. The seven main airports for the Beijing Games include the Beijing Capital Airport, with an estimated annual passenger throughput capacity of 76 million, which can accommodate aircraft as large as the A380; Qingdao Liuting Airport, with an estimated annual passenger throughput capacity of 12 million, which can handle aircraft as large as A380; and Shanghai Pudong Airport, with an annual passenger capacity of 60 million, which can also accommodate aircraft as large as the A380. Also on the list are Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, with an estimated annual passenger throughput capacity of 9.6 million, which can accommodate large aircraft such as the B747-400; Tianjin Binhai Airport, with an estimated annual passenger capacity of 10 million, which can handle the A380; Shenyang Taoxian Airport, with an estimated annual passenger capacity of 6.06 million person times, which can handle the B747-400; and Qinhuangdao Shanhaiguan Airport, with an estimated annual passenger throughput capacity of 0.2 million person times, which can accommodate aircraft as large as the B757. The 10 alternative airports are Shijiazhuang Zhengding Airport, Taiyuan Wusu Airport, Jinan Yaoqiang Airport, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport, Nanjing Lukou Airport, Hefei Luogang Airport, Changchun Longjia Airport, Harbin Taiping Airport, Dalian Zhoushuizi Airport, and Hohhot Baita Airport.

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