On October 12, the passenger throughput of Wanzhou Airport exceeded 1 million in 2021, setting a new record for the passenger throughput of Wanzhou Airport in the same period. (Photographed by Ran Mengjun/Visual Chongqing)

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- On October 12, the passenger throughput of Wanzhou Airport officially broke through the 1 million passengers record in 2021, an increase of 13.3 percent over the same period in 2019 and 40.5 percent over the same period in 2020. This is also the latest record of passenger throughput over the same period since the operation of Wanzhou Airport, nearly one month earlier than in 2019. As early as November 18, 2019, the annual passenger throughput of the airport exceeded 1 million, making it the first regional airport with a passenger throughput of more than one million passengers among Chongqing’s “one large and four small” civil airports.

During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, Wanzhou Airport will complete the renovation and expansion project and terminal building expansion project, complete the preliminary work for the construction of a 4E-class airport, realize the official opening of the port for air use, build an international airport, enhance international and domestic routes, strengthen the general aviation function, and provide strong support for Wanzhou to speed up the construction of “one district, one hub and two centers”. (Translated by Wang Junli, Fathom Language Limited)