Daxing airport on pace for 2019 start

The capital on Friday took local and international media on a tour of the Beijing Daxing International Airport, which is expected to start operating in the middle of next year.

Located on the border of Beijing and Langfang, Hebei province, the new airport, which will be Beijing's second international airport and is positioned to be a large international hub, is now undergoing interior decoration, according to Zhang Xiaofeng, deputy manager of the terminal construction department.

He said the decoration will be completed by the end of this year and the airport is planned to open in 2019.