New Guangzhou air terminal to open

The new terminal at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong province, which will open on Thursday, is expected to improve capacity and add momentum to the construction of a world-class aviation hub in the provincial capital.

The first phase of the Terminal 2 area, which will have floor space of 880,700 square meters, will be able to handle more than 45 million passengers a year. It includes the terminal building, a traffic center and related supplemental facilities.

According to a statement from airport authorities on Monday, T2 will be the largest single airport terminal building on the Chinese mainland. It will include both international and domestic exit and arrival processing and related customs and security check facilities, along with 58 passenger boarding jetways.