inter airport China

The Exhibition

A total of 4,314 industry buyers filled the aisles at the latest edition of inter airport China. In what was already a record-breaking edition in terms of exhibition space, the largest ever inter airport China also broke visitor records, equating to a 22% increase on the visitor number from the 2016 show.

120 of the world’s leading suppliers displayed the latest technologies, equipment and solutions to visitors responsible for delivering China’s ambitious airport infrastructure and development plans. inter airport reflected the many opportunities in the Chinese market with exhibition space at the show increasing by 20% on the previous edition hence becoming the largest inter airport held outside of Europe.

The Market

2020~2025
The Civil Aviation Administration of China will further the open door policy and work towards the goal of planning 136 additional airports in China by 2025, including 16 in North China, 23 in Northeast China, 16 in East China, 24 in South Central China, 29 in Southwest China and 28 in Northwest China, and bringing the total number of airports planned to 370.

To 2035
As of the end of 2018, China was home to 235 civilian airports, including 37 whose annual passenger traffic exceeds 10 million. According to estimates in the Action Plan for Building China into A Leading Country in Civil Aviation in the New Era, by 2035, China will have built 216 more airports, bringing the total to 450. It will transform from a leading country in the one area of air freight to one that leads multiple fields of civil aviation.