Economy never speeds up without modern and up-to-date giant airports. Shanghai HongQiao International Airport is an example: located in the western part of Shanghai, in 2007 this airport handled over 22.6 millions passengers, ranked the 4 busiest airport in China and occupied the 5th position as regards cargo traffic movement.
Pudong is the main international airport serving Shanghai, located 30 kilometers from the city centre in the eastern edge of Pudong district. Constructed and designed with two main terminals and three parallel runways, current planning for the future includes a third passenger terminal and two more runways to raise its capacity from the current 60 millions passengers to 80 millions annually by 2015.
A Shanghai Maglev Train station is located between the terminals to shuttle passengers to downtown in 7 minutes and 20 seconds. The airport is a main international line for Air China. Almost 29 millions passengers passed through it in 2007, more than Beijing Capital Airport.