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Work begins on new Pudong terminal
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WORKERS started digging the foundation yesterday of what is being billed as the world’s largest satellite terminal building at the Pudong International Airport.
On completion, the new terminal will provide a faster transfer service and boost the punctuality rate of flights.
The H-shaped terminal — S1 and S2 — will be connected with terminals 1 and 2 through underground subways. It is expected to be completed by 2019, the Shanghai Airport Authority said.
S1 will mainly serve China Eastern and Shanghai Airlines and other SkyTeam carriers, while the other part of the terminal building will serve Air China, China Southern and other Star Alliance airlines.
With 83 departure gates and about 120 new parking stands for aircraft, the third terminal will cover a total area of 620,000 square meters — larger than the 490,000-square-meter T2 building.
“The departure gates of the current two terminal buildings are not enough, forcing aircraft to taxi a long way before takeoff. It was one of main reasons for flight delays,” Li Derun, president of the Shanghai Airport Authority, told Shanghai Daily.
“Also, the shuttle buses to board the aircraft parked far away from the terminal buildings would also be a thing of the past,” Li said.
The airport currently has 135 gates and 70 parking lots, but the airport authority estimates that the Pudong airport needs at least 191 departure gates by 2025 to handle 80 million passengers a year.
Passengers will also be able to check in at one of the two existing terminal buildings and then take the subway — a ride of about three minutes — to get to the new facility. The subway train will have an interval of about two minutes and will be similar to the Metro lines.
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