Pudong International Airport, Shanghai
Address: Pudong International Airport, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201202, China
Number of Terminals: 1
Telephone: (0)21 6834 1000
Fax: (0)21 6834 2735
Pudong International
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Location: The airport is located 30km (19 miles) from central Shanghai
Since the official opening of Shanghai's Pudong International Airport on October
1, 1999, Shanghai has become the first city in China to have two international
airports. As a result the flights handled by Pudong Airport are increasing
day by day and the modern equipment of the airport makes for more passenger
convenience and ease.
Convenient Transportation
Under normal circumstances, passengers can travel from Pudong Airport to
Hongqiao Airport, Shanghai Railway Station and Shanghai Harbor within 40-60
minutes. Five bus lines leading to the airport have been put into operation.
The Pudong Airport is 40 kilometers from Hongqiao Airport and 30 kilometers
from Renmin Square in the center of Shanghai.
It is a 40-minute car ride from Hongqiao Airport to Pudong Airport, and the
taxi fare is about 150 yuan. It is a 60-minute car ride from the city center
to Pudong Airport. Passengers can also take a special airport bus from Pudong
Airport to the downtown area and Hongqiao Airport. Now five bus lines have
been put into operation. The bus fare is 22 yuan from Pudong Airport to Hongqiao
Airport, 19 yuan from Pudong Airport to the Shanghai Exhibition Center, 20
yuan from Pudong Airport to Zunyi Road, 18 yuan from Pudong Airport to Dongjiangwan
Road, and 18 yuan from Pudong Airport to the Shanghai Railway Station. Buses
operate from 6:00 to 19:00 in downtown areas and from 8:00 to 21:00 at Pudong
Airport.
Boarding Formalities
The terminal building of Pudong International Airport covers 278,000 square
meters, and is designed barrier-free. The broadcasting system uses three languages
(Chinese, English and Japanese) to release flight information. It has eight
ticket-handling islands, so passengers need not stand in line for boarding
formalities.
Passengers can arrive directly at the second floor of the terminal building
by car, and enter the departure hall through 18 entrances. Through the glass
wall of the waiting hall, passengers can have a panoramic view of 65,000 square
meters of lawn. The waiting hall has 20 check-in counters for domestic passengers
and 25 check-in counters for international passengers.
The arrival passengers can directly enter the waiting corridor on the second
floor, and take the escalator to the arrivals hall on the first floor to fetch
their luggage. Going out of the terminal building, passengers can take taxis,
public buses or the airport bus to go downtown.
Advanced Communications Facilities
The terminal building has installed 342 public phones, including IC-card
phones, magnetic-card phones and coin-phones. Passengers can also use their
mobile phones. In the building there are also Internet bars, where business
travelers can surf the web.
Complete Service Facilities
On the third floor of the terminal building there is a shopping mall, with
specialized stores selling various commodities with Chinese characteristics,
including books, pharmaceuticals, handicrafts and general merchandise. The
duty-free shops in the international departures hall sell four categories of
commodities: perfume, general merchandise, food, and cigarettes and liquor.
There are 11 restaurants and bars at the airport, some famous restaurants have
branches there. The terminal building also provides hotel rooms for passengers
to rent by the hour.
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