Asia’s big build

Airport World
Marnix Groot
12 September 2024

Marnix (Max) Groot provides a snapshot of the major ongoing and planned airport development projects in South East and East Asia.

Asia is a hotspot for infrastucture development projects with China, in particular, in the midst of a programme to upgrade its existing airports and build dozens more to give it the capacity to meet future demand.

China has been building and expanding airports unrelentingly since the early 2000s. As the country has been trying to recover from an economic slump, there are no signs of slowing down. Currently, hundreds of airport projects are being executed or planned, including a vast number of regional airports and general aviation facilities.

Major new greenfield projects include Dalian and Xiamen, where the existing airports cannot expand and are being replaced with large-scale offshore airports.

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