Angola's Dr. Neto International Airport held its opening ceremony at around 9:00 a.m. local time on Nov. 10. Angolan President Lourenço attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiled the plaque for the new airport, while Angola's Minister of Transportation, Ricardo Viegas de Abreu, and members of the party group of the Aviation Industry Corporation of Angola (AVIC), chief accountant Zhang Minsheng and representatives of various construction units participated in the opening celebration, the news broadcast reported.
Mr. Xiao Politics, Deputy General Manager of Beijing Jinghangan Airport Engineering Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Far Eastern Intelligent Energy Co.
Dr. Neto International Airport is located about 40 kilometers southeast of Luanda, the capital of Angola. The airport is designed with 4F and 4E dual flight zones, capable of taking off and landing large commercial airliners, such as Boeing B747 and Airbus A380, with a designed annual capacity of 15 million passengers and 130,000 tons of cargo and mail, and a terminal building with a floor area of 185,000 m2 and a construction area of more than 500,000 m2; it is the largest aviation It is the largest aviation hub in Southwest Africa, and also the most functional and largest new international airport project completed by Chinese enterprises in overseas.
Dr. Neto International Airport in Angola is not only an important strategic project for Angola, but also a key cooperation project of "One Belt, One Road" between China and Angola, which is of great significance to Angola's society, economy and people's livelihood. During the construction of the project, China and Angola have worked together to tackle many challenges, including the epidemic, providing thousands of local jobs and training a large number of technicians for the Angolan side.
In the future, Far Eastern will continue to follow the "One Belt, One Road" initiative, serve the civil aviation infrastructure construction of the "One Belt, One Road" co-construction countries, and endeavor to contribute Far Eastern wisdom and BASF's power to the world's civil aviation industry on a broader stage.