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China: project to expand Ürümqi Airport

An investment of $ 6 billion

The Chinese government has approved the project for the expansion of Ürümqi airport, in the Xinjiang region, which will be used as the focal point and fulcrum of the cargo planes in the "Belt and Road" initiative. The cost is around 6 billion dollars and work should end in 2030, when in Ürümqi should be able to transit 63 million passengers, but above all 750,000 tons of goods per year; to do this in...

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Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China, 11/19/2018 14:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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