Shenyang Taoxian International Airport opens new terminal building

China's Shenyang Taoxian International Airport opened (14-Aug-2013) its new terminal 3 on 15-Aug-2013. The 248,000sqm building includes new check-in counters and security screening areas. All signage in the terminal is in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. The airport has also added 30 parking bays to the lower ground floor and provided direct access for passengers to the Shenyang Metro Line 2 subway station. Shenyang Taoxian's terminals 1 and 2 will cease operations, with all departing and arriving flight operations transferred to the new terminal. A total of 25 million passengers are expected to use the terminal p/a. Liaoning Province Airport Management Group carried out a series of safety tests ahead of the opening and a field test was also performed by China Southern Airlines to test the operational fluency of the terminal. [more - original PR - Chinese]