An A330 airliner from the Sichuan Airlines taking part in the flight-test ceremony lands at the Chengdu Tianfu International Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 22, 2021. The Chengdu Tianfu International Airport started flight-test of real planes on Friday. The airport, one of the country's largest civil airport projects, was slated to be basically completed by the end of 2020 and officially put into operation in the first half of 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
CHENGDU, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chengdu Tianfu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province completed a test with the landing of several passenger planes on Friday, a key step toward opening for operations.
The airport will be the largest airport in southwestern China and the second international airport in the provincial capital Chengdu.
It is located some 50 km from downtown Chengdu and is set to open in 2021. It boasts a 1.26 million-square-meter terminal and can meet an annual passenger throughput of 90 million, according to the Sichuan Airport Group Co., Ltd.
The opening of the second airport will help Chengdu become an integrated international transport hub linking China with Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Enditem
