Beijing Daxing airport’s first operator to be China United Airlines

China Eastern LCC China United Airlines will be the sole commercial aircraft operator at Beijing Daxing International for the first few weeks after the opening of the facility, which is scheduled for the end of September. Flights by other airlines at Daxing International will begin in late October as they introduce winter schedules, China United deputy president Sun Li said. In all, 16 airlines will fly from the airport during the winter schedule period, CAAC said. Its figures for the number of routes opened in that time suggest that operations will step up slowly. Sept. 9, CAAC airport division chief Liu Chunchen said the airport would be ready for operations Sept 15. China United’s services will be moved from its current base Beijing Nanyuan Airport, which will close to civil users when Daxing International opens. <br/>