China Southern ``Heavy Lifting'' Key Airport Components to New Terminal; Massive Check-in Counters Airlifted From Europe To China.Business Editors/Travel Writers DOGNEN, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2003 China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空公司) (SEHK: 1055, NYSE: ZNH) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ZNH ZNH Zora Neale Hurston (author and anthropologist, 1891-1960) ) (HKSE HKSE Hong Kong Stock Exchange :1055), the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, will be airlifting four massive check-in counters inside its Boeing 747-400 from Liege liege In European feudal society, an unconditional bond between a man and his overlord. Thus, if a tenant held estates from various overlords, his obligations to his liege lord, to whom he had paid “liege homage,” were greater than his obligations to the other , Belgium for installation in the new Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport or Pai Yuen Airport was the main airport in Guangzhou, China, until August 5, 2004, when it was replaced by the identically named Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, some 17 kilometers away. currently under construction in Southern China. The first of the four counters is being flown this week to the current Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou and flat-bed trucked 22 kilometers northeast of the current city airport to the new construction site. When completed, the new Baiyun International Airport - home base for China Southern Airlines - is expected to handle up to 25 Million passengers in its first year of operation. The total project - built by NKI NKI Nathan Kline Institute (for Psychiatric Research; Orangeburg, NY) NKI Norsk Kunnskaps Institutt (Norwegian Knowledge Institute) Group (www.nkigroup.com) here in The Netherlands - consists of four complete "canopy domestic" styled check-in counters with each counter 32 meters long and seven meters high with a total weight of 39,000 kgs. The NKI-constructed counters will be permanently mounted in the new airport's central ticket area which spans a mammoth 45,000 square meters ... and for air transportation to China, NKI engineers have dismantled each counter into 13 cages including two extreme long sections. The first section is 16.16 x 1.25 x 1.52 meters with a total weight of 17,000 kgs and the second is 12.95 x 1.25 x 1.33 meters with a total weight of 15,000 kgs. Each section will require a massive crane to load and unload it into China Southern Airlines' 747-400 cargo aircraft. The design of the new Baiyun International Airport was recognized as one of the best architecture designs in the United States for Year 2000 by the AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture - The American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA . One of the most innovative design concepts of the new airport will be an International-standard convention center, 500-800-room hotel and exhibition center - all inside the airport terminal area. The new Baiyun International Airport is located some 22 kilometers from the current city airport and as Guangzhou residents come to the new Baiyun International Airport - they will arrive either via a high-speed Metro (currently under construction) or an ultra-modern, three-lane freeway which is already open for use. The ground floor will house additional commercial space and the lowest level - linked by elevator and escalator - will be the entrance to the Metro to downtown Guangzhou. NKI (www.nkigroup.com) has built a world-wide reputation of quality and excellence, by tradition as a designer and manufacturer of the highest quality of Counters and Architectural interior products for Airport Terminals. Since 1974, NKI has been involved in the design, fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. , installation and project management of Interior Specialties for Passenger Terminals and has realized close to 300 Airport Interior Projects in over 65 countries around the world, which have shaped NKI into the experienced and respected organization that it is today. As a project contractor and manufacturer, NKI GROUP has numerous cooperation agreements with highly qualified suppliers and subcontractors. Before delivery and installation, all products are pre-assembled in NKI Group's factory, to ensure that all components fit perfectly and on-site installation time is limited to a minimum. The largest airline in The People's Republic of China for the past 23 years, China Southern Airlines (www.cs-air.com/en) connects more than 80 cities around the globe. Major business and vacation destinations served in China include: Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hong Kong, Kunming, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Wuhan, as well as international service, including: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city (1997 pop. 5,250,000), on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. , Islamabad, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Moscow, Osaka, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. For China Southern Airlines reservations and information, please contact your local travel agent. NOTE: High res jpeg photos from Amsterdam and Guangzhou of the loading and unloading of the airport counters are available via e-mail to Ruffolopr@aol.com. |
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