DAXING AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES INDICATES PLANNED 2019 LAUNCH WILL HAPPEN
July 1st, 2017
Beijing's new international airport, tentatively named Beijing Daxing International Airport, saw the steel structure of its terminal buildings completed on June 30, suggesting that its operations will begin in 2019 as planned.
Located 46 km south of the Chinese capital’s city centre, the airport is meant to take pressure of the Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), which is reaching its capacity limits, and the project draws much additional rationale from the Chinese central government’s ambitious decision to build a new megacity at Xiongan in ...
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