Year in review: China's major scientific and infrastructure achievements

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.

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