Fifth passenger airport for Tibet
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The expansion project of the PeaceAirport in Tibet’s Xigaze prefecture will becompleted before the end of next year, Xinhua has reported. The projectwill be the fifth civil airport in Tibet. There are now three civilairports operational in the region; Gongkar airport in Lhasa, Mainling airport in Nyingchi, andPangda airport in Qamdo. Another civil airport is being built in Ngariprefecture.
The Peace Airport project will costCNY480 million (US$70.3 million), and will see the hub being able toaccommodate 230,000 passengers a year.
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