News / Shanghai set to develop Hongqiao Airport – but not as a rival for Pudong

Shanghai plans to develop its domestic airport into a major international hub – but insists it won’t “fall into vicious competition” with Shanghai Pudong International (PVG), the country’s biggest air cargo gateway.

This month, the Shanghai municipal government published a blueprint to develop Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), a 7,000 sq km site on the city’s western outskirts, connecting with neighbouring Jiangsu province.

The project, it said, would aid China’s “opening up” to the world and the integration of the Yangtze River Delta ...