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Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (IATA: CTU, ICAO: ZUUU) simplified Chinese: 成都双流国际机场; pinyin: Chéngdū Shuāngliú Guójì Jīchǎng) is the major airport in Chengdu, China. In 2007, it was the busiest airport in Western China and the 6th busiest airport nationwide in terms of passenger traffic. Shuangliu Airport was also the 6th busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic and the 7th busiest airport by traffic movements in China as for 2007. The airport opened in 1938 as a military airport, in which capacity it operated during the second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It now is an international civil airport with flights to more than 20 international destinations and many domestic airports, and is a hub for Air China and Sichuan Airlines. An expressway connects downtown Chengdu with the airport, and a subway system is planned connect to the airport as well. The airport is located in the north of Shuangliu County, about 16 kilometres (10 mi) southwest of downtown Chengdu.[1]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
Domestic:
- Air China (Beijing, Chongqing, Changsha, Daxian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Nanchang, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xi'an)
- China Eastern Airlines (Jiuzhaigou, Jinan, Jinghong, Kunming, Lanzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai-Pudong, Qingdao, Wuhan, Xi'an)
- China Southern Airlines (Beijing, Changsha, Guangzhou, Guilin, Shantou, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Wuhan)
- Hainan Airlines (Beijing, Changsha, Ningbo, Shenzhen, Urumqi, Xi'an, Xining)
- Okay Airways (Tianjin)
- Shandong Airlines (Jinan)
- Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
- Shenzhen Airlines (Guangzhou, Nanning, Shenzhen, Wuxi)
- Sichuan Airlines (Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hohhot, Jinan, Jiuzhaigou, Kunming, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Lijiang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Nantong, Ningbo, Panzhihua, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xichang, Xining, Xuzhou, Yichang, Yinchuan, Zhangjiajie, Zhengzhou)
- United Eagle Airlines (Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Liuzhou, Nanjing, Sanya, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang)
International: Hong Kong & Macau are listed here, as these flights are treated as international flights.
[edit] See also
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