Year in review: China's major scientific and infrastructure achievements
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Updated: 2019-12-25 06:30
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Beijing Daxing International Airport begins operations
Beijing Daxing International Airport saw off its first flight after a China Southern Airlines' A380 left the airport at 4:22 pm on Sept 25, headed to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.
The flight signaled the beginning of operations at the facility after five years of construction.
With four runways, 268 parking bays and a vast terminal building covering 700,000 square meters, the new airport is expected to handle 45 million passenger trips a year by 2022 and 72 million by 2025, with international flights accounting for 20 percent and 40 percent of the total respectively.
