Shanghai Pudong Airport adopts world's largest single satellite terminal facility
By Yang Hui, Published: 2019-09-17 10:24:03
Passengers peer from a new boarding bridge and take photos of a taxied aircraft on Monday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
Editor's Note:
The world's largest single satellite terminal facility has been put into operation in the Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Monday. Besides, the airport also adopted an integrated operation mode of “Terminal Building + Satellite Hall.” With the new satellite terminal facility in use, the airport's annual passenger capacity is expected to reach 80 million. (Photos: Yang Hui/GT)

Parked aircraft can be seen from the new satellite hall on Monday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
An airport staff gestures arrival inside the Pudong International Airport Rapid Transit System. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
Passengers wait to board their respective aircraft on Monday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
Seats in the airport premises are equipped with power plugs. . Photo: Yang Hui/GT
Self-serviced fingerprint collection booths for foreigners in the airport on Sep 16. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
Passengers stand inside the Pudong International Airport Rapid Transit System on Monday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
The Pudong International Airport Rapid Transit System is connected with the satellite hall. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
Demarcation signs in the satellite hallhelp passengers with transfers and boarding . Photo: Yang Hui/GT
An ariel view of the transfer counters in the satellite hall on Monday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
An overview of the satellite hall’s waiting area in the Pudong International Airport on Monday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
A passenger shows his boarding pass in the Satellite Hall of Pudong International Airport on Monday. Photo: Yang Hui/GT