ORAC
30th Mar 2006, 08:07
BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China's aviation regulator has designated the main airports in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou as the first in China to accommodate the new Airbus (ABI.YY) A380 superjumbo jet, a regulatory official said Wednesday......
Beijing Capital International Airport, Shanghai's Pudong International Airport and Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport in southern Guangdong province, will be the main airports initially for the A380, an official at the planning division of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China said. Local media reported Wednesday the three airports would be ready for the A380 before 2008.
Nine other airports, including Shanghai's Hong Qiao International Airport and those in Tianjin, Taiyuan, Hohhot, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Guilin, and Shenzhen, will be prepared for accommodating the A380, according to the report.......
Major Chinese carrier China Southern Airlines Co. (ZNH) has said it plans to spend more than $134 million on an international terminal at Beijing Capital International Airport, where it will base its A380s, expected to be delivered starting late 2007.....
Beijing Capital International Airport, Shanghai's Pudong International Airport and Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport in southern Guangdong province, will be the main airports initially for the A380, an official at the planning division of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China said. Local media reported Wednesday the three airports would be ready for the A380 before 2008.
Nine other airports, including Shanghai's Hong Qiao International Airport and those in Tianjin, Taiyuan, Hohhot, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Guilin, and Shenzhen, will be prepared for accommodating the A380, according to the report.......
Major Chinese carrier China Southern Airlines Co. (ZNH) has said it plans to spend more than $134 million on an international terminal at Beijing Capital International Airport, where it will base its A380s, expected to be delivered starting late 2007.....