"The Shanghai air hub strategic plan" positions Shanghai as the large-scale complex air hub integrating radiating function for local transportation, gate airport function, together with domestic and international transfer/transit function. Under the leadership of Civil Aviation Administration of China and Shanghai government, we are pushing forward the implementation of this national strategy on an overall scale in collaboration with relevant departments and business partners.
 
The most promising air hub in Asian-Pacific region

We are located at the joint of triangle formed by flight routes to Asia, Europe and North America，and cover the entire Yangtze River delta region where the economy is growing in the fastest pace, the economic output amounts to top and is with the greatest development potentiality in china. The areas covered is within two hours of flight which yields 93% of China’s GDP, possesses 54% of China's land resources and is with 90% of national population. The major land of Japan and South Korea is within two hour flight.

To optimize domestic and international routes, to make it become the air gateway connecting China to the world, to develop it into the air hub in Asia-Pacific region and have it become an important node in the global flight network.

These are our future objective.

Schedule of the construction of Shanghai air hub

Phase one:  preparation and starting (until the end of 2007)

Goals in Phases: laying good foundation for air hub construction

Milestones: completion of phase two project of Pudong airport, achieving passenger traffic up to  50 millions, and cargo traffic to 3.1 million tons combining Pudong and Hongqiao airports, the positions as an international cargo hub to be preliminarily established.

Phase two  improving and optimizing (2008-2010)

Goals in Phases: The status of Shanghai as an air hub preliminarily established

Milestones: phase two project for Pudong airport in full operation; expansion project of Hongqiao airport completed generally; 84 million passenger traffic and 5.0 million tons of cargo traffic handled in both Pudong and Hongqiao airports; strive for making Shanghai become the largest cargo transportation center in Asia.

Phase three  maturing and expanding (2011-2015)

Goals in phases: Shanghai air hub in full operation

Milestones: 110 million passenger traffic and 7 million tons of cargo taffic to be handled in both Pudong and Hongqiao airports, ranking among the top airports in Asia-Pacific region; four runways in operation in Pudong airport, air traffic control capability reaching the world’s advanced level; flight network connecting in Shanghai getting matured; the number of weekly flights and the number of connections exceeding the average level as a hub in the world.