Chengdu, Kunming, Chongqing Three compete for domestic aviation hub in the fourth

Following Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have become the three major aviation hub, who is the fourth largest aviation hub topic of much concern to the industry. In reality, although the pace of development in Chongqing aviation market continued to lead the national market, but can not determine to become the fourth aviation hub, and Chongqing have been competing for that status as well as Chengdu and Kunming.

Aviation industry sources said that if in five years, Chengdu is definitely the best choice of domestic fourth national aviation hub, both the number of air travelers, the advantage or routes resources ranks first in Southwest market; however, recent years, Kunming, Xi'an, Chongqing and even the rise of aviation passenger throughput have to move 30 million mark, the number of open non-stop intercontinental routes even more than Chengdu.

It is noteworthy that the first half of 2016, the Chongqing Jiangbei Airport airline passenger throughput to maintain a growth rate of 10.6 percent; in 2015, 2014 and 2013, Chongqing aviation passenger throughput growth rate was 10.7%, 15.8% and 14.6%, have maintained a high rate of growth; by contrast, enabled long after the waters of an international airport, Kunming air passenger market also maintained a high growth in 2015, 2014 and 2013, passenger throughput Kunming Airlines growth rate was 16.4%, 8.6% and 23.8%. For a time, who will become the future of China's fourth aviation hub but no small variables.

To become a world-class aviation hub of the city, the world did not a few. New York, London, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, Frankfurt is recognized as the world's aviation hub. Excellent location, huge air traffic and transit needs are basic conditions for these cities to become a world-class aviation hub.

Singapore, for example, as a transit point for Europe to Australia, Singapore Changi Airport is an important aviation hub. Singapore Airlines as the main base and a second hub for Qantas, bear busy between Europe and Australia "kangaroo route", wher every year millions of passengers in transit, is one of the world's busiest airports.

"Aviation hub requires internal and external dual-conditions are met, which is most of the city is very difficult to achieve conditions; connecting a plurality of external conditions need to have economies of geographic location and economic conditions, it is possible to connect to popular destinations, and form a reasonable range;.. need to be able to meet internal operational and coordination capacity bulk freight, passenger, and many other needs around the world have so few airports can meet all the conditions "Analysys Research Director Tourism Jiang Xin Wei expressed.

Lin Zhijie civil aviation expert opinion, in order to become a world-class aviation hub, excellent location, strong aviation base and easing traffic rights policy are indispensable. Especially strong aviation base in this part of the world-class aviation hub have a strong base to support its vast airline passenger traffic. For example, 60.8% of its Frankfurt Lufthansa flight number of hub airports, 51 per cent of Emirates' Dubai hub airports accounted for the number of flights.

In contrast, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, for example, despite the three major portals grade composite hub, but no matter the size or amount of international transit base for aviation are a huge gap. Airlines such as Air base Capital International Airport and Pudong International Airport and China Eastern's market share of only about 28%, indicating a low base domestic airline fleet.

The Capital International Airport, even though air passenger throughput for five consecutive years to maintain second in the world in 2015, air passenger throughput reached 89.93 million, but only 1.28 million passengers international transit traffic, international travelers ranked No. 36 worldwide; Pudong International Airport international traffic also ranked only 24 worldwide.

If placed in the domestic aviation market, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are the three major gateway hub airport complex, regional obvious advantages, while the strong local demand for air travel, there are strong aviation base, so over the years, keeping the three major aviation hub Dominance. In terms of location, resource potential in the aviation West will also likely a par with wide north portal composite hub, which is the national hub, Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi'an and Kunming are in competition for the fourth hub .

Aviation hub harsh conditions

April 7, 2011, the National Civil Aviation Authority issued "China's civil aviation development" Twelfth Five-Year Plan "" will set a status and Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou airport the same national hub airport in the western city. So, Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, represented western hub have been gearing up, want to fight West Air Boss.

Since 2014, Chongqing, Xi'an and other traffic hubs have been upgraded to the club 30 million threshold, the threshold of 40 million people in Chengdu mark. And because the advantages of the region, the distance from west to Europe closer, this is also in recent years, from Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, Xi'an opened non-stop intercontinental routes are concentrated in Europe. With the increase in passenger throughput to enhance the size and international direct flights, the fourth aviation hub striving to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and beyond, has become the western city development goals.

On the other hand, as of this summer, only in 2016, it has opened a new Chongqing Chongqing - Cairo, Chongqing - Moscow, Chongqing - Bali, Chongqing - London, Chongqing - Ko Samui, Chongqing - Istanbul and many other non-stop intercontinental routes. Currently, Chongqing has formed 53 international routes, over the next five years to reach the size of 100 international routes.

2017, construction area of ??530,000 square meters in Chongqing Jiangbei Airport T3 terminal will be enabled at the same time, the third runway will also be enabled, it can take off and land the Airbus A380 aircraft. By then, it will form a new annual passenger throughput of 45 million passengers, cargo throughput of 1.1 million tons of scale. And behind this is inseparable from the Chongqing municipal government support for the aviation industry in Chongqing, June 30, 2016, the Chongqing government economic report, the Chongqing airport's future development goal is to "5 + 1", wher in 2020, aviation passenger throughput of over 50 million, into the top 20 of the world's largest airport.

In contrast, the development of Kunming no less. Enter since August, Kunming long water remained at the airport daily flights 959 sorties, of which 13 August, reaching 1011 vehicles, the Beijing Capital Airport, Shanghai Pudong Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun Airport after the fourth one-day flights taking off and landing breakthrough 1000 sorties airport. In fact, Southeast and South Asia as a connecting Kunming transit hub, but also the first to propose to do in Western China aviation hub city. As early as 2004, it has been proposed to do Kunming goal of China's fourth largest airport. Thanks to the outbreak of the booming tourism in Yunnan and Southeast Asia's outbound travel, Kunming Airlines hub in recent years, the rapid development of newly opened international routes, airline passenger throughput are maintained rapid growth.

Jiang Xin Wei believes that the domestic aviation hub significance lies more tourists travel to airport capacity and location conditions of economic development. He believes that both the level and the level of income from the economic development of urban residents in Chongqing and Chengdu better, especially in Chongqing, four municipalities, as in recent years, economic growth in one of the best cities in China, the income growth is relatively fast, Therefore, Chongqing aviation hub of the future development potential.

Chengdu alleged subsequent fatigue

In 11 consecutive years ranked first in air traffic west of Chengdu, in recent years the number of intercontinental routes also increased rapidly, has now opened in Chengdu - Moscow, Chengdu - Farah Frankfurt, Chengdu - London, Chengdu - Paris, Chengdu - Prague Chengdu - Madrid, Chengdu - New York 15 intercontinental routes, the number of direct intercontinental routes in the domestic forefront.

However, in an industry of anonymity, aviation experts, the Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, too close from the city, there are four military airports, airspace very limited resources around, there has been no airspace resources. Although the construction of the second runway, but because there is no time resources, the second runway basically play no role. It is reported that Chengdu is also the construction of a second airport in Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, 60 km from the urban areas but in the future would still be restricted airspace around the military airport of resources, the ability to open up more resources in time is still unknown.

2011, Chongqing Jiangbei Airport passenger throughput has only 19 million people, but by 2015 it had reached 32 million people. With the completion of 2016, 530,000 square meters of the new terminal, fourth runway built in 2020, Chongqing will have more than 70 million square meters of terminal building, passenger throughput will reach 70 million passengers, connecting the world's major hubs airport, north of Guangzhou has become par fourth largest aviation hub. As economic development of better municipality, Chongqing became the fourth aviation hub in the future appear to be more affected by expectations.

Lin Zhijie emphasized: "A city can become a gateway to national aviation hub, a key factor in whether or not to force the main base for the airline and so largely depends."

In fact, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the three major domestic gateway hub reason to sit tight, and Air China, China Eastern and China Southern Airlines are the three inseparable. Air China to Beijing Capital International Airport is the main base, has opened 100 international routes, navigable 145 cities in 40 countries, transported 89.51 million passengers in 2015, equivalent to one year's Capital International Airport passenger throughput, while Capital International Air passenger traffic stable and large airport traffic inseparable.

In Lin Zhijie opinion, Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi'an and Kunming who want to become the next few years into the future fourth aviation hub, the main base of the airline is a key number. Currently, China Eastern Airlines Xi'an and Kunming as a base, Chengdu is Sichuan Airlines Air China's main base, and the base of Chongqing airlines a total of five, namely Air China, Sichuan Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Chongqing Airlines and Western Airlines. Southern controlled by the rapid development of Chongqing Airlines can, depending on the intensity of cooperation between China Southern Airlines and Chongqing resident capacity, strengthen the construction of hub and spoke network, to open domestic and international routes and so on.