CBI member, British Airways has announced that it will be the first international airline to move its Beijing base to the new Daxing airport, expected to open in September.
British Airways will move all operations to Daxing soon after the airport is up and running, starting with direct flights between Beijing and London Heathrow airport, from October 27th.
British Airways said that the move will help it increase air travel between the UK and China with its local codeshare partner, China Southern Airlines.
Noella Ferns, executive vice president of British Airways in Greater China and the Philippines said: “[British Airways] are very excited to be moving to Beijing Daxing. Not only will the new airport offer our customers flying to and from Beijing a world-class experience, with state-of-the-art facilities including an improved lounge for our Club World and First Customers; but it will also support our ambition to increase leisure and business travel between China and the UK.”
The new airport is approximately 50km from both Beijing city centre and the Xiong'an New Area and only 80km from Tianjin. Transport connections to and from Beijing Daxing include four new highways, two new subway lines and a high-speed railway, which will carry customers to Beijing West Station in under 20 minutes. A new terminal station is set to open in the LiZe Business District in the next few years. Customers transferring to other flights will also benefit from its status as the only through check-in airport for foreign airlines in China.
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