Karamay Airport

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The transportation and production indicators of Xinjiang Civil Aviation developed by leaps and bounds when it entered the new century. In 2004, Xinjiang Airport Group was established, and the annual passenger throughput exceeded 5 million for the first time at the same year; and the passenger numbers exceeded 10 million, while volume of freight traffic exceeded 0.1.1 million tons in2010.In201, the Urumqi airport ascended in the rank of “Large airport group” of ten million levels; in the peak tourist season of August 2012, there are 5 million people on average took planes in the Urumqi airport each day, the monthly growing rate ranked first in the 21 jumbo airports of China.

The civil aviation has the characteristics of quick effects, wide coverage, small investment, less land using, low energy consumption, safe, reliable, and flexible, etc. Xinjiang has increased its investment in constructior of civil aviation; the five years from 2007 to 2012 were the years of the largest investment, the fastest growing speed, and most significant achievements in the history of Xinjiang civil aviation.

In April 2013, the “Air Silk Road Gold Line”, the Xi’an-Dunhuang-Turpan route, was opened; the route connected the three former strategic towns in the Silk Road, which were also the famous historic and cult-ural cities both at home and abroad. The opening of this route would attract more domestic and foreign tourists.

At present, Xinjiang has 14 operational airports, which made the province of Xinjiang with the most airports in Chi-na; the route network has been formed with Urumgi as the center, connecting 82 domestic cities, and 32 cities abroad; the air transportation production was much higher than the industry average with the annual increase of 20% for three consecutive years; Urumqi Internationa Airport has become one of the seven regionalbased aviation hubs all over the country. The opening of air routes, greatly promoted tourism, investment, and business, attracting guests from all over the world to participate in economic and cultural exchanges Xinjiang is reproducing the glory of the ancient Silk Road in the air.