THE new Beijing Daxing International Airport has completed a key check and a final review in its application for an operating license, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has announced. The airport has completed the general check before acceptance in the civil aviation professional engineering industry and the final review before being awarded a license, the CAAC said Friday. Next, after all the problems found in the check and review have been rectified, and with the approval of the CAAC North China Regional Administration, the CAAC will award a license to the airport, the CAAC said. The two key procedures are a comprehensive inspection and evaluation of airport engineering quality, construction scale, facility function, investment completion and operation preparation, according to the CAAC. During the largest official comprehensive test Friday, starting at 9 a.m., nearly 9,000 volunteers carried 5,600 pieces of luggage through the security and boarding processes on the third and fourth floors of the airport’s departure hall. Other passengers dropped off their checked baggage at Caoqiao Metro Station for transfer to flights for the first time. Four check-in counters opened at the station at around 8:30 a.m., including one to test international flights and three for domestic ones. Automated trains, running from Caoqiao Station in downtown Beijing to the new airport, were also put into operation. The trains, each with seven passenger cars and one for luggage, are scheduled to run every 8.5 minutes. (Xinhua, China Daily) |