Baiyun Airport International Aviation hub construction has speeded up! From now on, the transit of the Baiyun Airport, China Southern Airlines all international flights passengers can enjoy checked baggage “one stop” straight to facilitate convenience, save worry, time and effort.

 

The construction of Guangzhou international aviation hub has a “big move”. On the morning of March 1, Guangzhou Customs, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co., Ltd. and China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. jointly held the “To carry out the ‘through flight’ business launch ceremony”. With immediate permission from Baiyun Airport, all international flights to China Southern Airlines passengers can enjoy checked baggage “one stop” straight to facilitate.

 

At Baiyun Airport, China Southern Airlines became the first airline in China to be allowed to carry out international “through flight” business on all inbound and outbound flights. This is a major initiative of the Customs, Airport and China Southern Airlines to promote the Baiyun Airport International Aviation hub construction, this initiative can not only make passengers “save time and effort” in the Baiyun Airport International transit, but also a substantial increase in the international transit function of Baiyun Airport, and has taken a solid step forward to strategic goal of Guangzhou building international aviation hub and Guangdong Province promoting “civil aviation strong province”.

 

To carry out a comprehensive “through flight” business in the Baiyun Airport, it appears to be a subtle business, but the significance behind it is very important. “An airport has been able to become an international hub, not only reflected in the passenger and cargo traffic scale, but also in the airport’s international, accessibility, especially the transit process of comfort and convenience and high degree of experience, etc.” Guangdong Airport Group Responsible person said. He said that an airport’s international transit function is strong to directly pull the location of the central city status to enhance the quality of the civil aviation development in the region. In other words, to achieve the Guangzhou international aviation hub construction and Guangdong “civil aviation province” to build strategic objectives, to enhance the international, accessibility and the transit special international transit function of Baiyun Airport are essential factors.

 

At present, to speed up the construction of “civil aviation province” and the Baiyun Airport international aviation hub, have been strong supported by Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. Quoted the report by Nanfang Daily, on February 10, the provincial party secretary Hu Chunhua presided over a special meeting to study and promote the province’s railway and airport construction work. In the airport aspect, while transform and expanse Airport in Guangzhou Baiyun, Shenzhen Baoan, Zhuhai Airport, the Pearl River Delta will plan the construction of Huizhou Airport and the Pearl River Delta Shinkansen at the same time; northwest of Guangdong will accelerate the Jieyang Chaoshan, Shaoguan, Zhanjiang, Meixian Airport construction, transformation and upgrading, forming the “5 +4” backbone of the airport pattern. The province also set up the corresponding airport construction work leading group.

 

Deputy secretary of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary Ren Xuefeng proposed to build a hub city in Guangzhou. At present, Guangzhou is focused on the construction of three strategic hub of international shipping, aviation, science and technology innovation. Guangzhou City, “13th Five-Year Plan” clearly pointed out that the development of international aviation hub is not only one of the three strategies of“13th Five-Year” period, but also the strong support for Guangzhou playing an important role in the global urban system, its core is “based on the Baiyun International Airport to build international aviation hub, vigorously develop the airport economy, and strive to build the Guangzhou state airport economic demonstration zone.”

 

Guangdong Airport Group actively implements the Guangdong provincial government and the Guangzhou municipal government work arrangements, developed a “Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport aviation hub construction program”, in accordance with the short, medium and long-term planning a comprehensive system to promote international aviation hub construction. At present, the Guangdong Airport Group is speeding up the construction of Baiyun Airport expansion project to ensure that the objectives and tasks scheduled to use. After the completion of Baiyun Airport expansion project of this period, it will have three runways, two terminals, hardware facilities to achieve world-class standards. In the future, with the construction of Baiyun Airport fourth, fifth runway and the third terminal, as well as the airport land transport network and airspace resources optimization, Baiyun Airport will become one of the world’s major aviation integrated hub.

 

In addition to the second terminal, other important supporting facilities of the Baiyun Airport international aviation hub construction are also accelerating the construction. February 15, a 20,000 square meters dedicated parking library and 5800 square meters floor area of the Baiyun Airport business aviation operations base service building project officially started, scheduled to put into use before this year’s Guangzhou “Fortune” Global Forum, directly provide ground support services for Forum Business aircraft flight as an important place of “Fortune” Global Forum VIP access to the airport. On February 28, Guangzhou Ethcy G2 aircraft maintenance base officially put into use. Ethcy is an aviation economic project of Guangdong Airport Group to tie in Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City to enhance the quality and efficiency of economic development. It is also a concrete measure for Guangdong Airport Group to promote the construction of Guangdong “civil aviation province” and plan the layout of aviation industry.

 

The construction of a world-class international aviation hub by Baiyun Airport also needs important supporting supports such as Baiyun Airport business aviation operations base and Ethcy. Guangdong Airport Group will be the most serious and responsible work status and the most active work attitude, to speed up the Baiyun Airport to build a “domestic first-class, international advanced” international aviation hub.

 

Source: Translated from Invest Guangzhou, Mar. 2, 2017