Beijing's new airport expects inaugural flight in 2017

[alberttky 0]

Beijing has drafted the timetable for the construction of its new airport and it is expected the inaugural flight will take off in October 2017, the Beijing Business Today reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed insider.

 

According to this insider, a new airport is urgently needed in Beijing as the Capital International Airport can not absorb more passengers. The new airport plans to include nine runways, eight of which will be for civil aviation while the remaining one will be for military purposes.

 

The location of this new airport will be at the Yufa and Lixian township, Daxing district, in the far south of Beijing, according to previous reports.

 

The first phase of the project will occupy an area of 55 square kilometers and have a carrying capacity of 400 million travelers per year. In addition the passengers will be able to reach downtown Beijing by express rail within half a hour, the newspaper reported.

 

An aviation industry analyst said the new airport will attract investment, and promote industrial development and infrastructure building in southern Beijing.

 

The huge passenger carrying and cargo loading capacities of the airport will have a significant effect on the economic growth and accelerate the integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province.

 

The division of the functions between this new airport and the Capital International Airport has been under hot discussion.

 

Rumors have it that one airport will target domestic flight services while the other will focus on international flights.

 

But Wang Jian, secretary-general of China Civil Airport Association, told reporters that it is more feasible to divided airline companies by airline alliances and assigned them to one of the two airports.

 

http://relax.com.sg/relax/news/668790/Beijing_s_new_airport_expects_inaugural_flight_in_2017.html

[alberttky 0]

China has started construction on a brand new super-airport that will have nine runways and be roughly the same size as Bermuda.

 

The Beijing Daxing International Airport is set to open in 2015, making the Chinese capital the world's busiest aviation hub, stealing the crown from the current holder, London.

 

It will handle 370,000 passengers a day at the 21 square-mile site in the southern suburb of Daxing.

 

The new airport is a reaction to the Beijing Capital International Airport currently being at bursting point, despite its Terminal 3 - bigger than all of Heathrow's five terminals combined - opening three years ago.

 

Cao Yunchun, a professor at the country's Civil Aviation University, told the Telegraph: 'The existing airport in Beijing has an annual capacity of 75 million passengers. Last year it handled 73 million. In two years, it will be totally packed. And it cannot be expanded infinitely.

 

The new site is about an hour's drive from the city centre, but plans are afoot for an extension to Beijing's metro, and even a high-speed train line.

 

http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/09/10/china-set-to-build-worlds-biggest-airport/

[Mike P 0]

China's power is really scary... No doubt they can use A380 just to serve the domestic sector.

[Sandeep G 1]

Hopefully with the new airport, the military over there can release some more airspace for civillian use and the efficiency of the Beijing Airports (and other Chinese Mainland airports) could perhaps emulate LHR/JFK/LAX/AMS/FRA/NRT/HND & even HKG!

 

Right now.. it's just a-fricken-nightmare in the Terminal Area on approach and on the taxiways waiting to take-off.

[Mike P 0]

I thought PEK has already long emulated HKG?

 

On top of that, I think the report is a bit faulty, PEK has also emulated LHR long ago.

 

Current Rank:

 

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[alberttky 0]

Beijing to overtake London as world’s largest aviation hub. Massive new airport planned

 

 

Congested Beijing is building fresh airport capacity that will see it become the world's largest aviation hub, leaving London - currently the world's busiest system of airports - and even ambitious Dubai in its wake. Beijing's new airport at Daxing south of the city could have up to nine runways and ultimate capacity to handle around 370,000 passengers per day, or a staggering 135 million passengers p/a. This would increase capacity at Beijing area airports to around 220 million p/a - almost a quarter of a billion passengers.

 

London's Heathrow, Stansted, Gatwick, Southend and City airports handled 147 million passengers last year, well ahead of New York's 103.6 million (JFK, Newark and LaGuardia). Tokyo's Narita and Haneda was the third busiest airport system last year with a combined 98 million passengers, followed by Paris and Chicago.

Beijing Daxing International Airport to ease pressure on Beijing Capital

 

Beijing's new airport will enable the nation's capital to keep up with rapid growth in demand, in line with the nation’s fast growing economy. The facility will ease pressures on Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), now the world’s second busiest airport after Atlanta, which is nearing its ultimate capacity of 85 million passengers. BCIA, which opened its Terminal 3 project only three years ago, handled 73.9 million passengers in 2010, up 13.1% year-on-year. Terminal 3 is the world’s largest airport building, with more space than all five terminals at London Heathrow combined.

 

CAAC director Li Jiaxiang this month highlighted the need for a second international airport in Beijing, stating "it is impossible to add even one more flight to the tight daily schedule of the Capital airport". He previously commented: "It is very urgent that we start building the second airport in Beijing now. It is now impossible to add even one more flight to the tight daily schedule of the capital airport.”

 

Beijing Capital became the world’s second busiest airport last year and is now closing the gap to Atlanta, which handled 89.3 million passengers in 2010 (+1.5%). In reaching the number two spot, Beijing Capital leapfrogged London Heathrow, which has also dropped below Chicago O’Hare. Beijing was 14th globally as recently as five years ago with 41 million passengers, a figure now matched by airports in both Guangzhou and Shanghai.

 

Construction on Beijing Daxing is likely to commence late in 2011, a year later than originally anticipated, with total investment estimated of at least USD15 billion (CNY100 billion). The new airport, which is part of the government’s new Five-Year Plan announced earlier this year, will be constructed on a 21 sq mile (54 sqkm) site in Daxing. To put this in perspective, the site will be the same size as Bermuda and almost twice the size of Macau SAR. With nine runways (reported to include one military and eight civilian runways), the new airport will have the largest number of runways in the world. Denver International Airport currently leads the list with seven.

 

The new airport, which will be located 30 miles south of Beijing, is likely to exclusively handle burgeoning domestic and cargo traffic. BCIA is expected to lose many of its domestic services, which could pose significant operational and cost issues for airlines based in Beijing. So far this year, domestic passengers have outnumbered international four-to-one at Beijing Capital.

 

Beijing's 12th Five-Year Plan also calls for "connecting roads and matching services" for the new airport. Beijing is also set to announce several more high-speed rail lines to service both the Daxing and Capital airports, with links also expected to Tianjin, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang and Shanghai from both. This is in addition to the existing Beijing-Tianjin line and a new Beijing-Shanghai rail service that will open later this year. Other plans include extending Beijing’s subway system to 600 kms, up from the current 561 kms.

 

Construction on the runways and facilities at the new airport will commence before the end of 2011. The initial focus will be on land acquisition (the area is predominantly used for farming) and site clearing for a new airport. "The suggested location is a place with few residents and buildings, so a lot of runways can be built," said Wang Jian, the secretary general of the China Civil Airport Association.

 

The new facility is expected to serve not only Beijing, but also the two neighbouring cities and provinces of Tianjin and Hebei provinces.

 

Daxing will become Beijing’s third airport after BCIA and the semi-military Nanyuan Airport, which is also expanding. In Dec-2010, authorities noted the airport is expected to invest more than CNY200 million (USD30 million) in its expansion project to compliment Beijing Capital prior to the opening of Daxing. Upon completion, Nanyuan will have more than 20 civil aprons, up from 14 at present.

 

Beijing Municipal Government first revealed plans to construct a new airport in the city in 2002, with the opening originally expected ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. However, it opted to expand Beijing Capital International Airport instead, as the site selection became a politically-charged issue.

China to invest USD8.3 billion on construction of 11 airports in 2011

CAAC plans to invest USD8.3 billion (CNY55 billion) on the construction of 11 airports around the country in 2011. Between 2006 and 2010, 33 airports underwent expansion, while 33 new airports were constructed, increasing airports in China to 175 at the end of 2010. Investment in aviation infrastructure during the nation’s 11th Five-Year Plan (ended 2010) totalled (USD37.9 billion).

 

The new Beijing project is part of a huge expansion of China's aviation industry, which will see the number of airports in the country increase from 175 to 230 over the next five years. The building boom is occurring not only at the nation’s largest airport, but also in secondary cities. China has over 100 cities with populations over one million and will have twice that number in a decade, highlighting the continued need to develop airport infrastructure to match the expected increase in air passenger traffic in coming years and decades.

 

http://www.centreforaviation.com/analysis/beijing-to-overtake-london-as-worlds-largest-aviation-hub-massive-new-airport-planned-58776

[Sandeep G 1]

They may have emulated LHR & HKG in the form of pax numbers and airport design/ building efficiency. What I wish they will emulate is the air traffic control efficiency of those two airports. Sitting at/near the RWY hold point for 1 hr is no fun. Furthermore, sitting at the gate for 3 hrs waiting for push back is even worse. To put salt in the wound, all the local carriers are given speedy clearances and cut queue blatantly - albeit asinstructed by ATC.

 

Looking at China's achievements in thepast decade or so - I believe they can achieve greatness in their ATM. Here's hoping DCA Malaysia & MOT can do the same for us in KL and Malaysia wide too.

[khairuddin abu hanifah 0]

By Niam Seet Wei

BEIJING, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Chinese leaders had given the nod to build the new US$11.2 billion international airport here to ease the congestion at the existing facility, said state-run media, China Daily.

It quoted Beijing airport spokesman, Li Shengbo, as saying the decision was approved by the State Council.

China Daily also said, citing CAAC News, a newspaper affiliated with the aviation administration, that the new airport would be located between Beijing's southern suburban Daxing district and Hebei province.

"Construction will commence next year, and it is expected to start its operation by end of 2018.

"It will be able to handle 70 million passenger trips annually by 2025," it said.

Beijing Capital International Airport has been ranked as the world's second-busiest airport for three consecutive years, behind Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in the US.

It handled 81.8 million passenger trips last year, an increase of 4.2 per cent year-on-year, it said.

-- BERNAMA

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

Bump.