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Guangzhou’s Baiyun opens Terminal 2
April 27th 2018
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on Thursday opened Terminal 2, capable of handling 45 million passengers per annum and thereby lifting the airport’s overall carrying capacity from 40 to 85 million passengers annually. Read More »
The new 881,000sqm terminal features 58 aerobridges and 397 check-in desks, many of them automated.
SkyTeam carriers Xiamen Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Saudia Airlines and Kenya Airways are the first airlines to operate from the terminal. The main occupant of Terminal 2 will be Guangzhou-headquartered China Southern Airlines. Asia’s largest airline will start operating from the new facility in phases from May.
Guangzhou’s Baiyun is the Mainland’s third-largest airport, following Beijing Capital Airport and Shanghai’s Pudong Airport.
Guangzhou Airport is hopelessly congested. In 2017, it processed 65.8 million passengers, up 10.2 year-on-year, and significantly exceeding its design capacity of 40 million passengers. The airport is expected to handle more than 80 million passengers and 2.5 million metric tons of cargo by 2020.
