Daxing airport marks one year of operations

In the long run, the carrier is estimated to operate more than 200 planes at the airport and handle 28.8 million passenger trips annually by 2025, he added.

Feng Dehua, deputy general manager of China Eastern Airlines, noted that the carrier has also moved 87 percent of the flights to the airport and operated 280 flights per day, accounting for more than 40 percent of flights at the airport.

To date, 26 domestic and overseas carriers operate from the airport, including Air China, China United Airlines and Xiamen Air, as well as British Airways and Finnair. There are 202 passenger routes connecting to 143 destinations globally operating from Daxing, as well as five cargo routes.

Daxing airport is now bracing for surging passenger traffic, as some 750,000 air trips are expected to be made during the coming eight-day National Day holiday, with about 95,000 trips to be made on a daily basis, according to the airport.

Located 46 kilometers south of downtown Beijing, the new aviation hub is expected to handle 45 million passenger trips a year by 2022 and 72 million by 2025, taking pressure off the Beijing Capital International Airport.