Atlanta airport, in the United States, can currently receive more than a hundred million passengers, but across two terminals. The current Beijing Daxing International Airport -- the world's second largest -- is already overflowing, with just over 100 million passengers annually. China's capital -- with its 21 million people -- expects to welcome 170 million passengers in 2025, split between the two airports. - 100 football pitches -At 700,000 square metres -- about the size of a hundred football pitches -- the new structure will be one of the world's largest airport terminals. The third largest Chinese airline, Air China, is expected to keep flying the bulk of its flights from Beijing Capital International Airport.

Source: Bangkok Post June 30, 2019 05:46 UTC