Shanghai, a financial and
economic center of China, pledged to build itself into an air
transport hub for Asia and Pacific region and a key link in the
world's aviation network, Shanghai Airport Group said on
Thursday.
According to a strategic plan of the company, Shanghai
will achieve its target by 2015 in three phases. From 2005 to 2007,
the two airports, Pudong Airport and Hongqiao Airport, will be able
to handle about 50 million passengers and 3.1 million tons of cargo
each year, along with the improvement of airports'
infrastructure.
The two airports will handle 84 million passengers and
5 million tons of cargo a year after the expansion of Hongqiao
Airport is finished and the second phase of Pudong Airport
project’s complete in the 2007-2010 period.
From 2010 to 2015, Shanghai will handle 110 million
passengers and 7 million tons of cargo yearly.
(Xinhua News Agency September 29, 2006)
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