Beijing supports third runway at HK International Airport

Beijing has given its full support to the construction of a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport. The next step is for the CAAC, Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department and Civil Aviation Authority of Macau to cooperate and enact measures set out under the 2007 Pearl River Delta airspace management plan. Under the Airport Authority’s plan, a three-runway system would handle up to 100 million passengers and about nine million tonnes of cargo per year by 2030.