Shanghai Pudong International Airport
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The Shanghai Pudong International Airport (Chinese上海 浦东 国际 机场, Pinyin Shànghǎi Pǔdōng Guoji Jīchǎng ) is one of two international airports in the Chinese city of Shanghai. The company is based in the Pudong district is listed on the stock index SSE 50. 2010 passenger traffic grew by 27.2% to 40.6 million, so that is Shanghai Pudong 's fourth largest airport in China ( Beijing, Hong Kong and Guangzhou) and lies in a global comparison of airports ranked 20th
History
The commercial airport was opened on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1999. A terminal, which was designed by the Paris airport authority ADP, led by Paul Andreu, and a start and runway were initiated at that time. On 17 March 2005, a second airstrip was put into operation. Following this, the third and youngest runway was built and opened in March 2008.
Generally
The airport covers an area of 40 km ² and is located about 30 kilometers from the city center and 40 kilometers from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport older. Currently, the airport has three runways with 3400 meters, 3800 meters and 4000 meters long and 60 meters wide. He has 76 parking spaces for aircraft and 50,000 m² of warehouse space. Approximately 50 airlines fly to more than 130 destination airports at home and abroad. Ride options to the city center are available with various bus lines, metro, taxis and a magnetic levitation.
Airlines and destinations
2012 There are numerous direct connections from German speaking countries: Lufthansa flies daily from Frankfurt am Main Airport ( From September 26, 2013, an A380) and Munich Airport with an A340 -600 and Swiss from Zurich airport with a A340 -300. China Eastern and Air China also fly daily from Frankfurt with a A330 -200.
Airport Station
Between the airport and the city 's Pudong District operates the world's only commercially used maglev. In just under seven and a half minutes of the Shanghai Transrapid train station connects the airport with the metro station Longyang Road and ends approximately 8 km from the financial and commercial zone of Lujiazui, next to the exhibition center, Shanghai New International Expo Centre ( SNIEC). The top speed is 431 km / h and the track has a length of about 30 kilometers. While the infrastructure has been built by a Chinese company, the train itself comes from the German Transrapid consortium. He has two class areas. Holdings is the distance from the Shanghai Maglev Train Corporation.
Future
The capacity was originally placed at 40 million passengers annually. In March 2008, a second terminal was inaugurated with identical architecture and increases the capacity to 60 million passengers per year. In the long term, the airport of the future four logistics centers accommodate 80 million passengers annually and welcome have four terminals. In addition, two further 4000 meters long start and runways are built.