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New
By Zheng Caixiong, China Daily
The new terminal at Guangzhou Baiyun Xiamen Airlines - along with foreign carriers
International Airport in Guangdong province, Saudia Airlines, Kenya Airways and Garuda
which will open on Thursday, is expected to Indonesia - will be the first to operate from the new
improve capacity and add momentum to the terminal, the airport said.
construction of a world-class aviation hub in the
provincial capital. “The operation of T2 will strengthen Guangzhou’s
status as an aviation hub on the mainland and help
The first phase of the Terminal 2 area, which will attract more foreign and domestic airlines to open
have floor space of 880,700 square meters, will be flights linking the southern metropolis to cities
able to handle more than 45 million passengers around the world,” it said.
a year. It includes the terminal building, a traffic
center and related supplemental facilities. Moreover, the operation of T2 is expected to help
Guangzhou form a four-hour air traffic circle that
According to a statement from airport authorities includes major cities in Southeast Asia, and a 12-
on Monday, T2 will be the largest single airport hour air traffic circle with major metropolises and
terminal building on the Chinese mainland. It destinations elsewhere, it said.
will include both international and domestic exit
and arrival processing and related customs and Lin Jiang, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University,
security check facilities, along with 58 passenger said T2 will help Guangzhou Baiyun International
boarding jetways. Airport increase its capacity and boost the
development of other aviation industries.
46 AmCham South China
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New
By Zheng Caixiong, China Daily
The new terminal at Guangzhou Baiyun Xiamen Airlines - along with foreign carriers
International Airport in Guangdong province, Saudia Airlines, Kenya Airways and Garuda
which will open on Thursday, is expected to Indonesia - will be the first to operate from the new
improve capacity and add momentum to the terminal, the airport said.
construction of a world-class aviation hub in the
provincial capital. “The operation of T2 will strengthen Guangzhou’s
status as an aviation hub on the mainland and help
The first phase of the Terminal 2 area, which will attract more foreign and domestic airlines to open
have floor space of 880,700 square meters, will be flights linking the southern metropolis to cities
able to handle more than 45 million passengers around the world,” it said.
a year. It includes the terminal building, a traffic
center and related supplemental facilities. Moreover, the operation of T2 is expected to help
Guangzhou form a four-hour air traffic circle that
According to a statement from airport authorities includes major cities in Southeast Asia, and a 12-
on Monday, T2 will be the largest single airport hour air traffic circle with major metropolises and
terminal building on the Chinese mainland. It destinations elsewhere, it said.
will include both international and domestic exit
and arrival processing and related customs and Lin Jiang, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University,
security check facilities, along with 58 passenger said T2 will help Guangzhou Baiyun International
boarding jetways. Airport increase its capacity and boost the
development of other aviation industries.
46 AmCham South China
