Historical Evolution of Shantou Waisha Airport

Shantou civil aviation is a sunrise industry of the times, from military management to state institutions and today's state-owned enterprises; From flying Il-14 aircraft and An -24 aircraft to flying Boeing 737, Boeing 757 and other medium-sized passenger aircraft; The plane can only carry thirty or forty people to nearly 200 people; The route has also developed from only one domestic route to more than 40 domestic and international routes; From less than 10,000 person-times a year to 20 1 1 more than one million person-times. I remember that the first generation of Shantou airport lounge was only about 200 square meters, with gray walls and tiles, which was very simple. In this case, goods, mail and luggage are also under the noses of the waiting passengers. Passengers on the maiden voyage can only sit on wooden chairs temporarily borrowed from Chenghai County (now Chenghai District, Shantou City) guest house under the big eucalyptus trees on the roadside, because the paint on the new wooden sofa in the waiting room has not been completely dried.

At that time, there were only 20 people in Shantou Civil Aviation, all of whom were male compatriots transferred from the dispatching, meteorological and maintenance departments of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. Food and shelter are particularly simple. The kitchen was made of straw mats. When you eat, you squat on the grass under the tree in twos and threes. The stationmaster of the civil aviation station and a waiter live in a corner of the waiting room; Political commissar and dozens of other people, such as accountants, health workers and plane loaders, live in three rooms borrowed from the army more than two kilometers away from the waiting room. Two legs back and forth, only one operator has a bike. Because he has to get up early for work every day. The author is the only medical worker in Shantou Airport-a health worker. There is only one medicine box for all medical supplies. In 1980s, Shantou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Xiamen became one of the earliest four special economic zones in China. After the establishment of Shantou Special Economic Zone, in order to improve the investment environment of the zone, Shantou Airport was expanded in July according to the national 4D airport standard. 1986. The main runway was extended from1800m to 2,500m, and the apron area was expanded from 8,000m2 to 24,000m2. The expanded airport can accommodate Boeing 757, McDonnell Douglas 82 and other large and medium-sized passenger planes to take off and land, reaching the national second-class airport standard. 1989 and 1996, Shantou airport experienced two large-scale expansions, 20 1 1. The terminal building of Shantou Airport covers an area of 22,900 square meters, with four boarding bridges installed, and various ground modern service facilities are also matched accordingly. The apron area has been increased to 72,000 square meters, and five Boeing 757s and seven Boeing 737s can be parked at the same time. The annual passenger throughput of the airport can reach 3 million passengers (the annual designed passenger throughput of the first phase of the new Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport is 4.5 million passengers). With the establishment of Shantou Special Economic Zone, Shantou civil aviation has ushered in a huge development opportunity. The most brilliant year was 1995, and the passenger and cargo volume ranked 13 and 12 respectively in the national 107 airports. Many provincial capitals can only see Shantou Airport.

In the early days of reform and opening up, Shantou civil aviation was at the forefront of its peers because of its geographical advantages.

The airport staff were really busy at that time. They have to take a bus from downtown to the airport at four or five o'clock every morning and work until eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening or even two or three o'clock in the morning. There are almost no rest days.

On April 15, 2004, when the new China Shantou Civil Aviation celebrated its 30th birthday, Shantou Airport also entered the sequence of Guangdong Airport Management Group with the pace of civil aviation reform. Prior to this, due to the needs of reform, Shantou Civil Aviation Station has also become Shantou Airport, including China Southern Airlines Shantou Airlines, Shantou Air Traffic Control Station, Aviation Oil Company and many other companies. Shantou Airport has been in operation for 37 years since 1974. This time is neither too short nor too long for an enterprise; At that time, there were 20 people wearing military uniforms, some of whom changed jobs, some changed places, some retired, and some died of illness. With a pinch of fingers, there are very few people still working at Shantou Airport, and they are all ready to draw a full stop to retirement. But now Shantou has at least 3000 civil aviation employees, which is completely different. The new Chaoshan Civil International Airport, which is under construction, will begin to write new glories at the end of 20 1 1.

Waisha Airport used to be a military airport, which was built in 1956. On April 1974 and 15, the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China set up Shantou Station dedicated to civil aviation, which can be used for both military and civilian purposes. After three expansions in July 1986, June 1989 and June 1996, the airport has an annual passenger throughput of 3 million passengers and an apron area of 72,000 square meters. 1995 throughput reached19.62 million person-times, cargo and mail throughput was 29,700 tons, and flights took off and landed 173 million. Once became the focus city of China's ranking 13. However, from 196 to 2003, all the indicators showed a significant decline, and now they have stabilized and declined.

Under the unfavorable situation that civil aviation is affected by the financial crisis, the passenger volume of Shantou Airport once again exceeded the million mark in 2008. In 2008, Shantou Airport had 1 1478 flights, and the passenger throughput was still as high as 109 1000. All production indicators were basically the same as last year, and the 34th safety year was successfully realized. In the first quarter of 2008, Shantou Airport overcame the influence of blizzard weather, and the passenger and freight volume reached a single-season high since 2002, showing a good momentum of accelerated development. However, due to the negative impact of the subsequent Wenchuan earthquake on civil aviation transportation and the further deepening of the global financial crisis, the growth rate of Shantou airport transportation slowed down, and passenger and cargo transportation declined in the second half of the year. In this case, Shantou Airport stepped up its aviation marketing efforts, constantly publicized Shantou's location advantages and market potential to airlines, and established cooperative relations with airlines through profit-making to optimize the flight layout. Throughout the year, Shantou-Zhangjiajie-Zhengzhou, Shantou-Guilin, Shantou-Nanjing and Shantou-Hangzhou routes were successively opened, and the Shantou-Nanchang-Taiyuan-Dalian route was resumed to ensure that the passenger flow did not drop.

20 10 Shantou aviation market is extremely lively. Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Chunqiu, Henan, Singapore Jetstar and other airlines have either added flights or opened new routes, flooding into the Chaoshan aviation market. From October 29th to February 2nd in 65438/KLOC-0, in just five days, three companies including Air China, Chunqiu and Singapore Jetstar successively opened domestic and international direct flights from Shantou to Chengdu, Shanghai and Singapore, which is unprecedented in the history of Shantou Airport. According to statistics, the number of passengers entering and leaving Shantou Airport in the first quarter reached 40,809, an increase of nearly 70% compared with the same period in 2009.

Shantou Airport has three backbone airlines, namely Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines, as well as airlines such as Chunqiu and Shanghai, and operates 25 routes from Shantou to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Xi 'an, Haikou, Chengdu, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok, with 27 navigable cities. Shantou Airport has also formed a route network radiating China, East, West, North, South and Southeast Asia, with more than 350 flights per week. In addition, Shantou Airport also invested more than 4 million yuan to strengthen the security infrastructure construction, and passed the aviation security audit organized by the Central and South Regional Administration of Civil Aviation, which made the security system and measures of Shantou Airport in line with international standards and made passengers fly more safely and comfortably.

Shantou Airport Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guangdong Airport Management Group Company. Established on April, 2004 15, responsible for the operation and management of Shantou Airport. The company, formerly known as China Civil Aviation Shantou Station, was established in 1974, creating a record of ensuring aviation safety for 35 years.