Beijing Capital International Airport Co., Ltd., an airport branch under Capital Airports Holding Company, plans to go public in Mainland China within 2009, disclosed Zhang Zhizhong, general manager of the parent Capital Airports Holding Company.

Although the stock market this year has fluctuated very much, the Hong Kong-listed airport company is still striving forward a 2009 mainland listing, in a bid to further push itself into the list of worldwide hub airports, according to the general manager.

On top of that, due to the global financial turmoil this year, Capital Airports Holding Company's passenger and goods throughput suffered a sharp decline in the second and third quarters, and the figure is forecasted to continue downtrend at the yearend. Its performance is predicted to hike around 5% for the full year 2008 and more than 10% for 2009.

The financial crisis had knocked down the global civil aviation industry, in terms of difficulties in fundraising and decrease of passenger handling capacity.