New Beijing airport to be world's busiest

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New Beijing airport to be world's busiest

China's capital Beijing will begin construction this year of an airport that is likely to replace Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the United States as the world's busiest, local media said on Sunday.

The online edition of Caijing magazine put the cost at 30.2 billion yuan ($A4.47 billion). It did not say how it would be funded.

With nine runways, the new airport will handle more than 130 million passengers and 5.5 million tonnes of cargo annually, China Radio International said.

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The airport, yet to be named, will cover an area of 2680 hectares, the online edition of Beijing Youth Daily said, quoting an unidentified airline executive.

Located in Daxing, 46 km south of Tiananmen Square, Beijing's political centre, construction is due to be completed in October 2017.

Beijing's two exisiting airports have reached their maximum handling capacities.

Reuters

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