Shanghai Pudong International Airport (IATA: PVG, ...

Shanghai Pudong International Airport (IATA: PVG, ICAO: ZSPD); Chinese: pinyin: Shijiazhuang Guiyang Jishang) is an airport located east of Pudong District, Hai, China. The airport was opened on October 1, 1999, replacing Shanghai's Hongqiao International Airport as Shanghai's only international airport (including flights to Hong Kong and Macau). The second runway was put into use on March 17, 2005. A second passenger terminal is under construction and is scheduled to be completed in 2007. It is planned to have four terminals and four parallel runways with designed capacity of 80 million passengers per year. The airport is the main hub of China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines and is the main hub for China Eastern Airlines and a major international hub for Air China. This is Juneyao Airlines 'and Spring Airlines' private hub, and an Asia-Pacific hub for UPS and DHL. DHL Centers, launched in July 2012, is arguably the largest express delivery center in Asia. Pudong Airport has two major passenger stations, two sides of three parallel runways. A third passenger terminal is planned to be operational and by 2015, the addition of a satellite terminal and two additional runways will increase the capacity of the airport by 60-80 million passengers a year, along with The ability to handle 6 million tons of freight. Pudong Airport is a rapidly growing hub for passengers and cargo. With 3,227,914 tons of cargo through in 2010, the airport is the busiest airport in the world in terms of volume third throughput. Passenger traffic at Pudong Airport was 40.57 million in 2010, the third busiest airport in mainland China and the 20th busiest in the world. As of December 2011, Pudong Airport is home to 87 airlines serving 194 destinations. Pudong Airport is connected to the network via the city's metro railway via Metro Line 2 and the Shanghai Maglev. The airport is open 24 hours a day