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Aircraft and transport. China approves new 11.2-billion-dollar Beijing airport

Beijing, China - It will have six runways for civilian airplanes and a seventh for military use

The Chinese government approved the construction of a new airport in Beijing, which is set to become one of the world busiest hubs. Beijing Capital International Airport, which is located north of the Chinese capital, has been ranked as the world's second busiest airport for three years after Atlanta's "Hartsfield-Jackson", and during 2012 it handled a traffic of almost 82 million passengers, with...

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