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WHILE HONG KONG ponders the merits and expense of a third runway at its airport there is no delay in the nation’s capital where the newly-built third runway at Beijing’s Capital International airport (BCIA) has passed the examination and acceptance of China’s civil aviation authority, and building work started on 29 October. The third runway is part of an expansion project which also includes the construction of
a new 420,000m2 terminal,
100 new apron positions, a cargo zone and auxiliary facilities, which would enable the airport to accommodate 60 million passengers and handle 1.8 million tons of cargo each year. Nevertheless, this might not be enough, so local planners are assessing the district of Daxing to the south of the city as a potential location for a new international airport. Daxing District is to
the south of Beijing and is connected by the sixth ring road to the city. It is on main highway G106. It currently takes about one
hour to drive from Daxing to downtown Beijing in good traffic conditions, and the road and rail network would need considerable upgrading if an airport was to be constructed there. It is thought that the plans for Daxing airport would see it service Asian regional passenger flights and involve a significant increase in the gateway’s cargo facilities if implemented.
Beijing Capital
International airport saw its cargo throughput rise by 17 percent year-on-year to hit 1.11 million tons in the first half of this year. The home base of Air China, the nation’s flag-carrier, it is sufficiently far from Hong Kong (just over three hours’ flying time) for it not to be considered a real threat to the air freight fortunes of the Special Administrative Region. Beijing’s purpose, cargo-wise, will be to serve north-east Asia, central Asia and northern China.
at Hong Kong International airport, which both set a record monthly high,” Airport Authority CEO Stanley Hui said. Export performance drove cargo growth in August, rising
by 29 percent year-on-year. All major trading partners showed double-digit annual improvement, with Europe and North America continuing to outperform other regions. During the month, imports also saw year-on-year growth of 12 percent. For the first eight months of this year, the airport handled a cumulative total of 2.7 million tonnes of cargo, up by 30.9 percent. Air traffic movements totalled 198,775, a 7.3 percent growth. Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals
(HACTL), which handles about 80 percent of the air cargo that passes through Hong Kong International airport, recently reported a cumulative total of more than 2.13 million tonnes of air freight processed during the first nine months of the year, representing a year-on-year growth of 31.4 percent compard to the same period of 2009.
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Lilian Chan, HACTL general manager, marketing and
customer service said: “With the earlier restocking of the inventory cycle almost completed and the higher base effect in the second half of 2009, we observed signs of milder growth in the third quarter. Nevertheless, demand for air freight remains strong and we are still optimistic about the overall outlook in 2010.”
CATHAY TERMINAL ADDS CAPACITY Looking ahead, Hong Kong International airport is set to develop its cargo facilities even further. Now with the general feeling that the global financial crisis is seemingly behind us, Cathay Pacific, the territory’s number one airline, has dusted off plans to build a dedicated freight area. Construction work on the
Hui notes “strong demand for cross- boundary land and sea transport”
Chan: “air freight remains strong”
HK$5.5 billion (US$709 million) Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal began this summer on an 11- hectare vacant site adjacent to the cargo apron and in three years’ time it will become one of
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