Phases of operation |
Phase 1 - 29 February 2008 Operating airlines: - Shandong Airlines (SC) - Sichuan Airlines (3U) - Qantas Airways (QF) - Qatar Airways (QR) - British Airways (BA) - El Al Israel Airlines (LY)
- Phase 2 - 26 March 2008
Operating airlines: - Air China (CA) - Shanghai Airlines (FM) - Scandinavian Airlines (SK) - Austrian Airlines (OS) - Deutsche Lufthansa (LH) - Asiana Airlines (OZ) - Air Canada (AC) - United Airlines (UA) - All Nippon Airways (NH) - Thai Airways (TG) - Singapore Airlines(SQ) - Finnair (AY) - Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) - Japan Airlines (JL) - Dragonair (KA) - Turkish Airlines (TK) - Emirates (EK) - Air Macau (NX) - S7 Airlines (S7) - Egypt Air (MS) |
Interesting facts & figures |
- Time to build: 4 years
- Development cost: £1.8 Billion
- Floor space: 986,000 square meters
... or 250 times the size of Wembley Stadium
- Terminal building length: 2 miles (3.2km)
- 84 retail shops
- 175 escalators & 173 elevators
- Check-in desks: 300 (processing up to 7,000 passengers hourly)
- Expected number of travellers during the Olympics: 5.56 million
- 50 million passengers annually by 2020
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