China to build world’s biggest airport

China is planning to build the world’s biggest airport in Beijing, serving the capital and the surrounding regions of Tianjin and Hebei. Existing facilities are already running close to capacity and there is little or no room for expansion, reports The Telegraph. Consequently city planers have identified a 54km2 site, almost the size of Bermuda. When opens in 2015, it will process an estimated 370,000 passengers per day, making it the world’s busiest airport, ahead of Atlanta in the US which currently serves approximately 240,000 passengers per day......