Shenyang Taoxian International Airport will open a brand new terminal on August 15, and cease operations at the current terminals – 1 and 2.
The new terminal is 248,000 sqm, with the lower ground floor 1 designated a transport zone, with light rail, metro and car accessibility as well as parking spaces. The ground floor, meanwhile, is the arrival level with six luggage carousels: three for domestic passengers, two for international passengers and one spare.
Level 1 is for departures, and will have five check-in areas – three for domestic and two for international. A sixth area is also available if demand is high. When the five areas are functioning at the same time there will be a total of 100 check-in counters open at once.
The terminal also has 30 airplane bays, 19 for domestic flights and 11 for international.
All signage will be in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean.
Up until July 27, the terminal went through four test days, where 2,000 trial-run passengers experienced the security, check-in and catering services. China Southern Airlines also participated in the trail by sending an aircraft to test the terminal's operational fluency.
A total of 25 million passengers are expected to use the terminal each year. The fate of the now redundant Terminal 1 and 2 buildings, meanwhile, has not been decided yet, Liaoning Airport Management Group Company confirmed.
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Valerian Ho
