Passenger volume hits 3.64-M at Harbin Airport

Harbin Airport posted increases in passenger and cargo volumes in 2006. According to 2006 data, the airport handled 3.64 million passengers and 45,000 tons of cargo and mail, up by 13 percent and 9.7 percent, respectively. Aircraft movements totaled 33,830 landings and takeoffs, higher by 9.3 percent compared to 2005. Seventeen domestic and foreign airlines operate at Harbin Airport, flying to 54 cities through 68 air routes. The air routes link Harbin to Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Blagovescensk, Yakutsk, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia; Niigata and Osaka in Japan; and Seoul in South Korea.