Zhanjiang Wuchuan Airport will be officially opened on March 24, replacing the existing Zhanjiang Xiashan Airport.
[Photo: Publicity Department of Zhanjiang]
A trial operation will be conducted on this Friday (March 18). A total of 300 volunteers will be invited to have a first look.
[Photo: Publicity Department of Zhanjiang]
Covering an area of 61,800 square meters, the airport can operate direct flights to Europe and the US.
[Photo: Publicity Department of Zhanjiang]
With 30 aircraft parking stands and 19 boarding gates, it is capable of taking off and landing Boeing 777, 747, 787 aircraft, and Airbus 330, 350, etc.
Recently, some airlines have already announced the relocation of flights from the original Zhanjiang Airport to the new Wuchun Airport.
For instance, Spring Airlines will relocate all the flights from the current Zhanjiang Airport to Zhangjiang Wuchuan Airport starting from the midnight of March 24.
After a construction period of nearly two and a half years, Zhanjiang Wuchuan Airport will open a new chapter of the civil aviation development in western Guangdong.
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