Hunan Airport Co., Ltd. Changsha Huanghua International Airport Branch

Hunan Airport Management Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hunan Airport Group) is located in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. It currently governs Hunan Airport Co., Ltd., Hunan Airport Industrial Co., Ltd., Hunan Airport Training College, Hunan Civil Aviation Real Estate Co., Ltd., and Hunan Airport Economic Investment Co., Ltd. Hunan Airport Co., Ltd. operates five airports: Changsha Huanghua International Airport, Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport, Changde Taohuayuan Airport, Yongzhou Lingling Airport, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport, and the Hunan Airport Expansion Project Construction Command. The Group has 4,200 employees and total assets of approximately 6.8 billion yuan. Hunan Airport Group has an obvious geographical advantage. With Changsha Huanghua Airport as the center, a 2-hour flight radius can cover most cities in China. The Hunan aviation market has broad prospects. In 2010, Hunan airports completed a passenger throughput of 14.1828 million person-times, a cargo and mail throughput of 110,200 tons, and 129,400 aircraft movements. Among them, Changsha Airport completed a passenger throughput of 12.6213 million person-times, a cargo and mail throughput of 108,600 tons, and 114,900 aircraft movements, ranking first in the central region and twelfth among all airports nationwide. Changsha Airport's international passenger throughput reached 512,600 person-times, setting a new historical high and exceeding the total of the other five central provinces for seven consecutive years. At present, the province's route network has radiated to 118 routes in 73 cities at home and abroad, opened international routes from Changsha to Japan, South Korea, Thailand, etc., as well as routes to Taiwan and Hong Kong, and also opened "code-share" international flights from Changsha via Shanghai to seven countries in the Americas, Europe, and Australia. Hunan airports have played an important supporting role in promoting regional economic and social development, expanding opening up, stimulating the tourism industry, and enhancing international competitiveness, regional competitiveness, and urban competitiveness.
Changsha Huanghua International Airport began construction in 1986 at the 4D level and was put into use in 1989. The airport's airfield area classification has now been upgraded from 4D to 4E. It has more than 100 scheduled routes to 73 domestic and international (regional) cities. A total of 28 Chinese and foreign airlines operate in Changsha, with China Southern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines establishing operating bases here. The airport executes more than 2,300 flights per week, with weekly available seats reaching 300,000. In November 2009, Huanghua Airport's annual passenger throughput took the lead in the central region to break through the 10 million mark, entering the ten-million club, with a growth rate of more than 34%, the highest among all airports nationwide, 36 times that at the time of opening.
Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport officially began construction in November 1991 and was completed in August 1994. The airport covers a total area of 363 hectares and is currently a 4D-level civil airport with a runway 2,600 meters long and 45 meters wide, and a total of 19 parking positions. In recent years, the airport has successfully hosted the World Aerobatic Competition and the "Flying Through Tianmen Cave" event, the National Parachuting Championship, and the China-Russia Air Force Special Flight Performance, greatly enhancing the visibility of Zhangjiajie and the airport, and greatly promoting the development of tourism. In 2011, it was upgraded to an international airport.
Changde Taohuayuan Airport was first built in 1958. After two expansions in 1986 and 1993, it resumed flights in August 1996, with an airfield area classification of 4C. Changde Airport currently operates 4 routes, connecting to 5 cities nationwide.
Yongzhou Lingling Airport was first built in 1937. After two reconstructions in 1965 and 1996, it resumed flights in April 2001, with an airfield area classification of 4C.
Huaihua Zhijiang Airport was first built in October 1936. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, it was an important military base of the Chinese and American air forces and was known as the "Second Largest Airport in the Far East." In 1945, China and Japan held the world-renowned "Surrender Negotiation Conference" here, declaring the final defeat of the Japanese invaders. Zhijiang Airport officially opened to traffic in December 2005, with an airfield area classification of 3C.
In order to adapt to the rapid growth of air transport production, Hunan Airport Management Group is currently comprehensively advancing the expansion projects of Changsha and Zhangjiajie airports. The current expansion project of Changsha Airport plans to expand the apron from 148,000 square meters to 366,000 square meters, and increase the number of parking positions from 20 to 49; extend the runway and taxiway from 2,600 meters to 3,200 meters. Changsha Airport's airfield area classification has been upgraded from 4D to 4E, capable of supporting the takeoff and landing of large aircraft such as Boeing 747, 777, and Airbus 330, 340; build a new T2 terminal, increasing the terminal area from the current 34,000 square meters to 246,000 square meters, and build supporting ancillary facilities as well as cargo stations and catering buildings, etc. After the completion of the current expansion project of Changsha Airport, it can meet the usage needs of a passenger throughput of more than 20 million person-times, a cargo and mail throughput of 200,000 tons, and 180,000 aircraft movements. The current expansion project of Zhangjiajie Airport involves building a new parallel taxiway of the same length on the north side of the existing 2,600-meter runway, building a new 50,000-square-meter terminal, increasing the terminal area from the current 11,000 square meters to 61,000 square meters; expanding the apron area from 60,000 square meters to 212,000 square meters, and building new airport production auxiliary facilities such as aviation catering rooms. After the completion of the current expansion project of Zhangjiajie Airport, it can meet the usage needs up to 2020 of a passenger throughput of 5 million person-times, a cargo and mail throughput of 19,000 tons, and 46,000 aircraft movements. In 2009, the expansion projects of Changde Airport and Huaihua Airport were also launched.
In order to promote the sustained, rapid, healthy, and scientific development of Hunan civil aviation, Hunan Airport Management Group has now clearly defined the path of industrialized development for airports, formulated overall strategic thinking for recent and medium- and long-term development, and strives to achieve the specific goal of "a change every year, a big change in three years, and a great change in five years," accelerate the great development of the air transport industry, modern service industry, and airport economic industry, and strive to build Hunan airports into a modern comprehensive large-scale airport cluster with advanced facilities, complete functions, safety and comfort, beautiful environment, domestic excellence, and international renown within 5-10 years, realizing the ideal of making Hunan a strong aviation province.
Hunan Airport Management Group shoulders the historical mission of "Let Hunan fly to the world, and invite the world to fly to Hunan." It has always been based on providing high-quality airport services and creating high-grade aviation culture; with the corporate purpose of "serving customers, improving ourselves, and repaying society," it is committed to providing efficient and high-quality services to airlines, passengers, and cargo owners, committed to Hunan's "Four Modernizations and Two Types" construction and economic takeoff, committed to social prosperity and progress, and committed to building a strong civil aviation country, making unremitting efforts to create a first-class large airport group in China and to have Huanghua International Airport rank among the top 100 airports in the world!