thyssenkrupp will supply 155 elevators and 22 escalators to China Southern Airlines’ new airport base at Beijing Daxing airport, which is currently under construction. Located in the south of Beijing, the airport’s main terminal will span an area of 7.5 million square feet, making it the largest terminal in the world. Daxing airport will also have the largest air traffic control centre, aircraft hangar and airline catering centre in Asia. The airport, spread across 62 hectares, is China Southern Airlines’ largest investment till date. In the first phase, the new airport will have the capacity to handle 45 million passengers, and this will eventually be increased to make it the largest airport worldwide in terms of passenger traffic.
Despite the tremendous scale of the main terminal, the elevators and escalators supplied by thyssenkrupp will ensure that it takes less than eight minutes to cover the distance from security to the farthest gates.