Daxing Airport is one year old today! The single-day passenger throughput has exceeded 92,000
Today, Beijing Daxing International Airport celebrates its first anniversary of operation.
On September 24, the reporter saw in the terminal building that fewer citizens came to check in on a special trip, and more passengers flew to all corners of the world.
A family of three pushing a luggage cart, a tour group holding a small flag, and business people traveling alone...make the modern terminal building a busy scene.
With the transfer of flights to Daxing Airport in batches, Daxing Airport and Capital Airport have jointly created a two-city "dual hub" operation pattern.
The daily passenger throughput exceeded 90,000
In a year, Daxing Airport has averaged more than 200 flights per day since it just started.
Up to now, it has exceeded 600 sorties.
Open the ticketing software, from Beijing to all parts of the country, more and more flights depart from Daxing Airport.
On August 25 this year, Daxing Airport ushered in the second flight transfer this year, with 91 Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines flights going south to Daxing.
After the completion of this transfer, China Eastern Airlines and its subsidiary China United Airlines have operated flights at Daxing Airport, accounting for about 87% of its total flights in Beijing.
80% of China Southern Airlines' flights in Beijing has been transferred to Daxing Airport.
Up to now, the number of domestic air transportation companies operating at Daxing Airport has reached 18, operating 187 domestic routes, and connecting 129 destinations across the country.
Domestic airlines including Xiamen Airlines, China United Airlines, Capital Airlines, Hebei Airlines, Jiangxi Airlines and Juneyao Airlines have all been transferred to Daxing Airport for operation.
Daxing Airport and Capital Airport jointly created a "dual hub" operation pattern for one city and two airports.
Kong Yue, deputy general manager of Daxing Airport, said that with the continued improvement of the epidemic, the passenger flow at Daxing Airport has shown an obvious recovery momentum.
Before the epidemic, the number of passengers at Daxing Airport was approximately 46,000 in a single day. After the aviation industry was hit by the epidemic, the average daily passenger volume has now increased to about 90,000. Daxing Airport's domestic flights have fully returned to normal levels.
After the epidemic, the passenger flow and flight volume of Daxing Airport have been constantly refreshed: on September 11, the highest daily flight volume of Daxing Airport exceeded 660; on September 16, the daily passenger throughput of Daxing Airport exceeded 92,000; 9 On 22nd, the total passenger throughput of Daxing Airport exceeded 10 million.
Since September, the growth rate of flights at Daxing Airport has ranked among the top airports in the country. One of the most popular routes is the Guangzhou route, with an average daily passenger volume of more than 9,600.
According to the current growth rate, it is estimated that by the end of 2020, the passenger throughput of Daxing Airport will reach 16 million passengers since it was put into operation.
While it is convenient for people to enter and exit, goods are also flowing.
On June 11, the first cargo route "Hangzhou-Beijing Daxing" opened since Daxing Airport was put into operation.
At present, Daxing Airport has opened 5 cargo routes, from Daxing Airport to Shanghai Pudong, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Nantong and Wuxi, with a cargo and mail throughput of about 39,000 tons.
By the end of the year, the construction of three domestic postal express transshipment and distribution centers, including China Post, SF Express and JD.com, will also begin.
Achieve "paperless" travel throughout the process
The safe take-off and landing of flights is guaranteed by technology.
On May 21 this year, Daxing Airport’s West First Runway officially implemented a 75-meter runway visual range (HUD RVR) operation based on a head-up display. Daxing Airport has two runways with a HUD RVR 75-meter take-off capability, and its low-visibility operation capability has reached the international lead Daxing Airport is also the first airport in China to implement light-guided navigation aircraft taxiing, and its operating efficiency has been greatly improved; Daxing Airport’s cumulative daily average digital processing capacity (DCI) score in 2020 ranks first in the country.
Daxing Airport actively adopts modern technology to create smart, efficient, convenient and reliable travel services.
The whole process of passenger departure adopts self-service and inquiry equipment to reduce passenger waiting time; the whole process realizes "paperless" travel, OneID face-swiping customs clearance will be realized in the near future; RFID baggage tags are fully adopted to understand luggage information in real time, and enjoy the beauty at ease Travel.
Passenger volume of Metro Daxing Airport Line reached 4.51 million passengers
The smooth operation of the airport is inseparable from the support of ground transportation.
Daxing International Airport is equipped with a modern three-dimensional transportation system, which not only realizes the three-dimensional transfer and seamless connection of different transportation modes such as highway, rail transit, high-speed railway, intercity railway, etc., but also external supporting construction including Daxing Airport Expressway, Daxing Airport Line, Jingxiong Intercity Railway, Jingkai Expressway, Daxing Airport North Line Expressway, Intercity Railway Link Phase I, including the "five vertical and two horizontal" transportation network.
Starting from Caoqiao in the urban area, take the Daxing Airport Line train with a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour. It takes about 20 minutes to reach Daxing Airport from the South Third Ring Road.
In one year, the cumulative passenger traffic of the Metro Daxing Airport Line reached 4.51 million.
With the successive transfers of Daxing Airport flights, the passenger flow of Daxing Airport Line has grown rapidly, and the daily passenger traffic has exceeded 30,000 in recent days.
At Caoqiao City Terminal, passengers can complete check-in and baggage check-in procedures without long queues.
Checked luggage, take the special luggage compartment of Daxing Airport Line straight to the airport and send it to the plane.
According to Jiao Yongjie, Business Manager of the Public Area Management Department of Daxing Airport, from the start of operation to September 20 this year, the Caoqiao City Terminal has served more than 130,000 passengers and 45,000 pieces of checked luggage.
Build a city terminal to facilitate travel of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei passengers
On September 16, the Gu'an City Terminal of Daxing Airport opened. This is the first inter-provincial terminal of Daxing Airport.
From the terminal building, it only takes about 40 minutes to reach Daxing Airport.
According to the plan, in the future, Daxing Airport will also carry out air-rail combined transportation with many places, and establish urban terminals in Xiongan New District, the city's sub-center and Lize Business District, which will greatly reduce the time cost of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei passengers flying to the country and the world .
At the end of this year, the Beijing-Xiong Intercity Railway will be fully opened. From Daxing Airport to Xiongan New Area, there will be a high-speed rail link, which takes only 30 minutes.
In the future, Beijing-Kunming high-speed rail, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau high-speed rail, and Beijing-Kowloon high-speed rail will all converge in Xiongan New Area. Through air-rail combined transportation, Daxing Airport will radiate from Beijing and Xiongan New Area to Hebei, Tianjin, Henan and other provinces and cities.
Relying on Daxing Airport, Beijing and Hebei have established airport economic zones, pilot free trade zones, and comprehensive bonded zones.
As of August, China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone Daxing Airport area has 153 market players.
Nearly half of the municipal infrastructure in Daxing Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone, which undertakes important functions of international trade, bonded processing, international logistics, and bonded services, has been completed.
In the Daxing Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone, the Beijing and Hebei sides will also establish a unified management and operation system based on the principle of sharing, joint construction and management, jointly complete industrial planning and research, jointly hold investment promotion activities, and formulate unified entry standards.
Reporter Li Bo