CHINA - AIR TRANSPORT
China announces airport-building spree
Saturday, January 26, 2008
China said it would spend over 60 billion dollars to build 97 new airports by 2020 as it seeks to meet soaring demand from freight and passenger traffic.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
By AFP
China announced plans Saturday to build nearly 100 new airports by 2020 to cater for soaring demand.
The proposals will mean eight out of every ten residents will live within 100 kilometres (60 miles) of an airport within 12 years, the General Administration of Civil Aviation said.
It put the cost of building the 97 new airports at 450 billion yuan (61.6 billion dollars).
Air traffic volume rose 16 percent to 185 million passengers in 2007, according to official figures.
The General Administration predicts passenger traffic will grow by 11.4 percent a year between now and 2020, and freight traffic by 14 percent.
The number of airports serving more than 30 million passengers a year will rise from three now to 13, it said.
The proposals will mean eight out of every ten residents will live within 100 kilometres (60 miles) of an airport within 12 years, the General Administration of Civil Aviation said.
It put the cost of building the 97 new airports at 450 billion yuan (61.6 billion dollars).
Air traffic volume rose 16 percent to 185 million passengers in 2007, according to official figures.
The General Administration predicts passenger traffic will grow by 11.4 percent a year between now and 2020, and freight traffic by 14 percent.
The number of airports serving more than 30 million passengers a year will rise from three now to 13, it said.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Lip service to Environmental Protection
By Anne Cox
This news of 97 new airports is appalling! Even more so in the light of the Reuters report at the end of Sept 2007. Quote " We are starting a world campaign to ban all inefficient lightbulbs," Monique Barbut, chief executive officer of the Global Environment Facility at Reuters Environmental Summit in Washington "And China has just agreed" I rest my case! more comment on my blog http://TheEnergyLadyUK.com/blog
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