NEW BEIJING AIRPORT SEEN AS A GROWTH ENGINE FOR CHINA CAPITAL REGION

BY MARK GODFREY SUSTAINED economic growth and soaring passenger numbers are both reasons why Beijing is building a long-mooted second airport for commercial and cargo use. Digging into a US dollar USD$400 billion national fund for infrastructure, the Chinese capital is opening a new airport to cope with expected overcrowding at the city's Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), which added its celebrated dragon-styled Terminal Three only two years ago. The Beijing Development and Reform Commission - a policy-drafting body attached to government - had ...


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