On Tuesday morning, a plane landed for the first time at Beijing Daxing   
   Airport, the new mega airport of the Chinese capital. It was a test flight   
   with a Cessna 680 Citation.   
       
   In the coming months, there will be more test flights, so that the   
   communication and navigation systems can be extensively tested. In September   
   the airport must open for commercial air traffic.   
       
   Daxing Airport will be one of the largest airports in the world, with a   
   capacity of 100 million passengers per year. Among others, China Southern and   
   China Eastern Airlines are relocating their operations in Beijing to the new   
   airport.   
       
   Daxing Airport is complementary to Beijing Capital Airport, which is already   
   the second largest airport in the world (after Atlanta). Air China and Hainan   
   Airlines continue to use the 'old' airport.   
       
   The development of Daxing Airport is part of a master plan of the Chinese   
   government to open more than 200 new airports by 2035. For example, all 1.4   
   billion Chinese people should be able to fly.   
      
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