Beijing’s new airport didn’t have the best of starts to its operations. With COVID hammering capacity at the airport, it hasn’t seen anything like the growth it had hoped for. Nevertheless, it has been rapidly bouncing back from its difficult start and currently handles 43% of the city’s capacity.
The recovery of Daxing (PKX) had been relatively parallel to that of neighboring Beijing Capital (PKK) until around August. Since then, PKX has really ramped up capacity, and the gap between the two airports in terms of seat capacity has grown wider and wider. By November, Daxing was handling 43% of Beijing’s entire capacity...more
