Chongqing will invest another Rmb20bn in the construction of Jiangbei International Airport’s east terminal area. The design plan for Terminal 3a, the most important element of the project, was recently approved at an executive meeting of Chongqing municipal government.

The airport will be capable of handling 70m passengers when the east project is completed, with around 55m being handled by the east terminal area and 15m by the west.

The first phase of the east terminal area project, including Terminal 3a, the third runway and supporting facilities, will go into construction in the first half of 2011 and will be completed in2015. Second phase construction, comprising Terminal 3b, the fourth runway and supporting facilities, will start around 2020.