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On July 20, 2012, the National Development and Reform Committee (NDRC) has approved the feasibility study report on the expansion construction of the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN).

The project will cost 18.854 billion yuan, 0.8 billion of which will be subsidized by the Civil Aviation Development Fund.

According to the construction plan, the expansion will increase the airport's design capacity to 80 million passengers and 2.5 million tons of cargo and mail by 2020.

According to the airport data, a third runway will be built, which is 3,800 meters long and 60 meters wide, equipped with a new taxiing system and a two-way precision approach navaid lighting system (category II).

To receive more passengers and planes, the airport is to build a new 595,000-square-meter Terminal 2 with the east and west corridors. A parking apron with capacity for accommodating 100 planes and the support facilities will also be built.

In efforts to improve the air traffic control (ATC) services, a comprehensive business building occupying an area of 19,000 square meters will be constructed, as well as the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) and systems of communication, navigation and meteorology.

In addition, the airport will build a new 100-kilometer oil pipeline and 410,000-cubic-meter oil storage tanks, as well as expand the apron pipelines.

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HUAXI Village, the richest village in China, has set up the country's first village-run general aviation company following approval from the civil aviation regulator, a top official of the company said yesterday.

The village in Jiangyin, east China's Jiangsu Province, last week established the 100 million yuan (US$15.7 million) aviation firm mainly to develop tourism, Li Qing, vice president of Jiangsu Huaxi General Aviation Co, told Shanghai Daily. The company now has two helicopters and plans to buy three more and a business jet within three years, said Li.

"We set up the carrier to tap the booming travel demand in our village as more than 2 million tourists visit every year," Li said. He said the helicopters and jet won't fly a fixed route but pick up high-end customers across China to visit the village. They can also be put to emergency use such as fire or medical treatment around the village.

The company's two helicopters bought from McDonnell Douglas and Eurocopter mainly provide villagers with a free ride as they take in a bird's-eye view of their hometown, said Zhu Minxin, the village press officer.

Huaxi has long been regarded as the richest village in China. The village-run Huaxi Group, parent of Shenzhen-listed Jiangsu Huaxicun Co, has total assets valued at 16 billion yuan.

The average annual income of a Huaxi villager was about 85,000 yuan in 2010, compared with about 32,000 yuan for a Shanghai resident.

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On Jul. 31, 2012, the second coordination meeting for the certification and accreditation of C919 as well as the signing ceremony of the Project Specific Certification Plan (PSCP) was held in Shanghai.

The signing of the C919 large passenger aircraft PSCP indicates the management teams of both the certificating party and the applying party have made a commitment to follow the PSCP provisions. Thus, both parties will get into the next step in strict accordance with the Certification Plan (CP) of each specialty & subject.

At the signing ceremony, Mr. Sheng Xiaoming, Director of Shanghai Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Center signed the PSCP together with the related officials from the Airworthiness Certification Management Department of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC). The C919 certification process will be based on the PSCP which specifies duties & responsibilities and ensures the resource allotments of both parties.

In addition, the necessary evaluation and approval for the type design, the manufacture and the related conformity documentation will be conducted according to the PSCP in order to push forward the C919 type certification process.

Mr. Wu Guanghui, Vice President of COMAC and the chief designer of C919 project also attended the ceremony. He extended congratulations on the signing of the PSCP and expressed gratitude to the Shanghai Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Center for the support and help they've been giving to the C919 aircraft.

Integrated the Certification Plan (CP) of the applicant and the information of the Certification Project Plan (CPP), the PSCP provides a basis for the top planning of the C919 project type certification process of both the applying party and the certificating party. Besides, it plays a coordinating role in the certification process as well as the management of both parties' common main projects.

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Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) is expected to become the largest aircraft maintenance base worldwide after the completion of ST Aerospace (Guangzhou) Aviation Services Co. Ltd. (STAG)'s hangar projects, the reporter learnt from Guangdong Airport Management Corp. (GAMC) on Aug. 4.

15 Hangars to Be Built in the Future

According to an official from GAMC, 6 MRO hangars will be constructed successively in the next ten years by STAG, while space for five more hangars will be reserved for future development. By then, STAG and China Southern Airlines will own about 15 MRO hangars at CAN, making the airport probably the largest aircraft maintenance base worldwide.

CAN to Become an International Transit Hub

Following the completion of the expansion project of CAN, plus the gradually optimizing infrastructure and transfer procedures, more airlines will be drawn to the airport in the future, especially foreign airlines. By 2015, the number of foreign airlines operating flights at CAN is expected to reach 60.

After the completion of the expansion project of CAN, establishing intercontinental transfer systems centered at Guangzhou will become one of the significant measures to develop CAN into a world-class international transit hub, added the official.

Through joint efforts with airlines like China Southern, three major intercontinental transfer systems are coming into being around CAN - the Europe/North America-Guangzhou-Oceania network, the Southeast Asia-Guangzhou-Northeast Asia/ North America/Europe network, and the Northeast Asia-Guangzhou-Southeast Asia/South Asia/Oceania/Middle East/Africa network.

"Aerotropolis" Coming into Being

In the future, an "aerotropolis" integrated with office areas, business hotels, freight facilities and factories will be built at CAN and its surrounding areas. "With the carrying out of the expansion project, favorable resources are rapidly gathering around CAN, including many aviation related industries such as aircraft maintenance and aviation electronics. Hopefully, with increasing number of business enterprises gathering around the airport and its neighboring traffic areas, a new 'aerotropolis' centered around CAN will come into being," said the official.

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