China Eastern’s move to Daxing to be complete in 2020

东航的大兴梦2020即将来到

China Eastern Airlines said it will complete the transfer of operations to Beijing Daxing International Airport in its 2020 summer flight schedule, following an initial shift during the 2019-20 winter schedule.

中国东方航空日前发布声明说将2020年夏航季完成所有航班转移至北京大兴机场的工作，首次航班转移将在2019年冬航季开始。

Delta Air Lines and Air France-KLM, partners of China Eastern in the SkyTeam alliance, will coordinate flights with the Chinese carrier in forming four daily sets of arrival and departure banks, designed to shorten transfer times.

东航在天合联盟的盟友达美航空和法荷航将和东航共同打造每天四次的航班波，以求打造更短的中转时间。

Daxing International is scheduled to open Sept. 30, although construction progress has been smooth, so it may begin operations early. It will supplement Beijing Capital International Airport and replace little Beijing Nanyuan Airport. The new facility will also become the Beijing home of China Eastern subsidiaries Shanghai Airlines and China United Airlines, as well as China Southern Airlines and its subsidiaries. 

大兴国际机场计划在9月30日开门迎客，由于目前的建设进度非常顺利，也不排除它将提早开始运营。它将成为北京首都机场的有力补充，也将代替现在运行的南苑机场。新机场将会成为东航、上海航空和中国联合航空在北京的基地，同样的还有中国南航和旗下公司。

At first, China Eastern’s main international destinations from Daxing will be Paris, London, Sydney and Tokyo, the carrier said in its most detailed description so far of its plans for the new airport. The carrier notably failed to repeat its March statement that New York would be a priority destination. Permission from the Civil Aviation Administration of China is needed to open routes.

东航在最近一份对于大兴机场详细的规划中透露，开始阶段，从大兴始发的主要国际大线将会是巴黎、伦敦、悉尼和东京，而在三月份声明中主要航点中的纽约却没有在这份规划中出现。不过，上述航线均需要来自中国民航局的批复才能开航。

China Eastern said Daxing International will become its second “gateway hub,” after its home town, Shanghai—though at that city the carrier operates from two airports, Shanghai Hongqiao and Shanghai Pudong, the former serving mainly domestic destinations. 

东航表示大兴国际机场将会成为上海后的第二门户枢纽。东航在上海同时运营虹桥机场和浦东机场，前者主要运营国内航班。

During the 2019-20 winter schedule, which will begin in September, China Eastern will move 24 daily flights, 10% of all it operates from Capital International, to Daxing. A further 70% will shift in the 2020 summer schedule, completing the move. The remaining 20% will be 46 daily services to Shanghai, which will stay at the old airport.

在2019-20冬航季，东航将会转移目前在北京首都机场10%的航班，24班/天，至大兴机场。剩余的70%将会在2020的夏航季完成转移。最后剩下的20%航班，即是46班的北京-上海的快线服务将会留在首都机场运营。

Since China United is based at Nanyuan Airport, which will close when the new one opens, its complete operation of 131 daily flights will relocate during the winter schedule. Shanghai Airlines will move all its seven daily Beijing flights from Capital International to the new airport in the 2020 summer schedule.

因为中国联合航空的主基地南苑航空将会在新机场开放后关闭，因此在今年冬航季联航将会将所有131班航班转移至大兴机场。而上海航空将会在2020年夏航季将现有的7班北京机场航班转移大兴机场。

China Eastern did not indicate the timings of the four sets arrival and departure banks. In this widely used arrangement, many aircraft arrive close together (forming a bank), wait long enough for passengers to change flights, then leave close together. 

东航并没有特别说明每天4波的航班波分布在何时间段，一般来说将会尽可能将达到航班安排在同一个时间段，在保证足够的中转时间后，将接下来的出发航班安排在另一个接近的时间段。

“China Eastern has confirmed that it and major SkyTeam members US carrier Delta Air Lines and Air France-KLM will together form flight banks and look at how to arrange flight connections and route networks,” the Chinese airline said. “Together they will take on the strategic development responsibility of positioning Beijing Daxing International Airport as a SkyTeam hub.”

“东航已经确定将会和达美航空和法荷航一同打造航班波，共同研究如何安排航班衔接和航线网络。”东航相关人士说道，“他们将共同承担起将大兴机场打造为天合联盟枢纽这个战略性任务。”

SkyTeam members, which do not include China United, have an average of more than 400 daily flights at Beijing. By 2025 there will be 650, handling 30-35 million passengers a year, China Eastern said. Daxing International’s planned capacity at that time will be 72 million passengers a year.China Southern Airlines is also a member of SkyTeam but will leave the alliance this year.

除中国联合航空外的天合联盟成员航空每天在北京拥有大约400个航班。到2025年将会达到650个航班，每年处理3千到3千5百万旅客。届时，大兴机场未来年吞吐量将会达到7千2百万人次。值得留意的是，中国南航今年将会脱离天合联盟。

In 2022, China Eastern and its two subsidiaries plan to serve 137 destinations from the new airport, operating 274 flights on an average day and using 151 aircraft, of which 80 will be kept overnight at the facility. By 2025, the Beijing operation is supposed to rise to 181 destinations, 360 flights a day, and 180-200 aircraft in use, including 120 kept overnight.

预计到2022年东航和旗下的两家公司将从新机场运营137个目的地，每天运营274个航班，投入运力达到151架，其中驻场飞机达到80架。到2025年，预计将会运营181个目的地，每天360个航班，投入运力180-200架，其中120架为驻场运力。

In the first two years after relocation, the three carriers will provide at least five flights a day from Daxing International to Shanghai, Kunming, Xian, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing and Shenzhen. They will also serve all Chinese airports that handle at least 10 million passengers a year.

在航班转移的前两年，这三家航空公司至少将开通每天5班从大兴至上海、昆明、西安、杭州、南京、成都、重庆和深圳的航班。这些都是每年吞吐量至少在一千万以上的机场。

原文来自：ATW,Bradley Perrett