Nanjing Lukou International Airport

In 2006, China Post started building its express logistics center at Nanjing Lukou to handle its express mail services. Initial construction was completed by 2009, with additional facilities and functions added continuously. The final project, as planned, would be the largest in Asia and the third-largest in the world of its kind.^[4]

In 2009, the airport handled 10 million passengers.^[5] On 26 March 2010, Singapore Airlines officially ceases its operation between Singapore Changi and Nanjing. In 2013, that number surpassed 15 million, which was 3 million above the terminal's designed operational capacity. In preparation for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, hosted by Nanjing, Terminal 2 was completed after more than three years of construction. Also completed were a new parallel runway with taxiways, a new tower, new aircraft parking positions, and new cargo handling facilities. On 12 July 2014, all flights were relocated to Terminal 2, and Terminal 1 was closed for renovation.^[6]

The new facilities removed the bottleneck caused by the limited capability of the old terminal and runway. In November 2014, with the launching of the Phase 2 expansion and optimization of neighboring air traffic patterns, authorities approved an increase of peak-hour flight volume from 28 flights per hour to 38 flights per hour.^[7]

With the added capacity, Nanjing Airport has seen rapid increase in both aircraft movement and total passengers. In 2015, the number of total passengers exceeded 19 million (until 28 December), that is 2.87 million on top of 2014, a 17.7% increase compared to the same period of the previous year.^[8] The airport continues to see substantial increase into 2016, which saw 29,210 aircraft movements and 3.39 million passengers handled in January and February, a 16.9% and a 21.2% increase respectively, comparing to the same period 2015.^[9]

On 27 October 2019, Malaysia Airlines ceased its operation between Kuala Lumpur and Nanjing despite great passenger traffic performance in an effort to readjust its operation model overseas.^[10]

In 2020, Finnair ceased its operation between Helenski and Nanjing due to the Coronavirus outbreak.^[11]

The airport consists of two terminals, two 3600-meter runways (paralleled by three taxiways and connected by two taxiways), two control towers, a cargo center, a transportation center, and an apron. Adjacent to, but not belonging to, the airport is the China Post express logistics center and the base for China Postal Airlines.^{[citation needed]}

The older section of the airport consists of:^{[citation needed]}

• Terminal 1 (floor space 160,000m², 80 check-in counters and 33 security lanes.
• one northern runway (length 3600 m, width 60 m, 4E rating)
• one runway (length 3600 m, width 45 m)
• a cargo center (34,000m²)
• an apron (447,000m²)
• a control tower (height 87 m^[12])

Terminal 1 was closed on 14 July 2014 for renovation, it reopened on 29 July 2020 and serves all domestic flights except China Eastern Airlines and Juneyao Air flights which depart exclusively from Terminal 2.^{[citation needed]}

The Phase 2 expansion includes:^[13]

• Terminal 2 (263,000m² floor space, 35 boarding bridges, annual capacity 18 million passengers)
• a new 4F-rating southern runway and two parallel taxiways
• two taxiways connecting the northern and southern runways
• 20 aircraft parking positions
• a second control tower (height 107 m^[12])
• an 11,000m² carpark
• a transportation center, which seats a subway station, a coach station, a Pullman Hotel,^[14] and shopping and dining facilities

The two terminals are also connected by the transportation center structure.^{[citation needed]}

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