Among China’s large airports, Zhengzhou International (CGO) is considered one of the luckiest, grows the fastest, and has the strongest support from the local government. Speaking of luck, CGO was chosen by Apple’s Asia Sidekick Foxconn in 2010 to build one of the largest iPhone manufacturing plants right on airport property. The reason is that […]
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Jiaxing is an up-and-coming city of about 1.2 million urban population with an ancient history. From Jiaxing’s train station, it is exactly a 29-minute train ride from Shanghai’s Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) by HSR train. Jiaxing is building an international airport, which will be anchored by a mega air cargo hub. We are hired to
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Global e-commerce consumption is exploding and inducing a dramatic expansion of air cargo facilities around the world. China’s adoption of the “One Belt One Road” strategy, has added to the confidence level of this huge expansion. SAAN was invited to participate in an international design competition for a greenfield airport being planned at a location
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The project is a part of CGO’s Phase 3 Expansion plan. It includes a new terminal 3 building, one or multiple satellite terminals, and a ground transportation center (GTC). With this expansion, CGO will upgrade its throughput capacity to about 130 million passengers annually by the Year 2045. We based our design on IATA’s Optimum Level