China opens world's highest airport
Business in China can now reach new heights
It is not only possible to fly high, you can also land high on world’s highest airport established in China.
Business in China can now reach new heights. To be precise: up to 4,411 metres altitude, in Tibet. The world's highest civilian airport has just opened on the Tibetan plateau in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan. The airport is 77 metres higher than the previous record holder, the 4,334-metre Bangda airport in Qamdo in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
The Daocheng Yading airport in Ganzi prefecture's Daocheng county, or Dapba in Tibetan, launched its first commercial flights last week, shortening the travel time from the provincial capital of Chengdu from two days by road to about an hour by plane.
The new airport was constructed in two years’ time at a cost of 1.58 billion yuan (almost € 200 million). The airport is expected to boost the local economy. Daily flights will initially operate between Daocheng and Chengdu. The government plans to open routes to major Chinese cities such as Chongqing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.