Within two decades, annual passenger traffic in China’s skies will reach 1.6 billion, more than the country’s population today.
China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines are the main airlines at Daxing, while about 50 foreign airlines, including British Airways and Finnair, plan to move all or part of their operations in the next few quarters.
China Eastern Airlines, China Unicom Beijing, and Huawei joined to launch a 5G smart travel service system at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport.
It would definitely help if the government could temporarily waive these operating expenses so that airlines operating in Hong Kong can remain commercially viable.
China is the largest single market for Airbus in terms of fleet size, and the number of aircraft delivered by Airbus to China each year accounts for nearly one-quarter of global deliveries.
Chinese airlines will need to buy 8,090 new planes in the next 20 years, or about USD 1.3 trillion worth of aircraft, according to a report published by Boeing.
Shenzhen Airport reported an increase of 9.2% in passenger traffic in August while Hong Kong airport said it handled 12.4% fewer passengers in the month compared to the same period last year.
British Airways has announced it will move all its operations from the current Beijing Capital Airport to the new airport.
