To thoroughly implement the work deployment of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government of Hubei on speeding up the construction of Wuhan Tianhe Airport and Huahu Airport as “dual hubs” for international air transport of both travelers and goods, on July 11, the reporter learned from Hubei Airport Group that the group was organizing the collaborative editing and revision of the master plan of Wuhan Tianhe Airport and Ezhou Huahu International Airport, and the compilation of Collaborative Planning and Functional Coordination of Dual Hubs (hereinafter referred to as Collaborative Planning) has been comprehensively initiated.
According to the briefing, Collaborative Planning will closely follow the overall objective of accelerating the construction of the national pilot area for building a new development paradigm, speeding up the establishment of a significant strategic stronghold for the rise of the central region, and striving to promote the practice of modernization with Chinese characteristics in Hubei, comprehensively finish building an international aviation gateway and an air-rail (railway) intermodal hub in the central region by fully integrating into the provincial strategic planning and taking Wuhan Tianhe Airport and Ezhou Huahu International Airport as the core; establish a comprehensive, complex and multidimensional transportation hub with air-ground integration; and deepen the integrative development of the “dual hub” airline network, ground transportation, resource allocation of transport of both travelers and goods and its management mechanism.
Collaborative Planning is jointly compiled by a high-level research team composed of China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, and China Electronics Engineering Design Institute. The investigation and survey on it have been completed now, and the follow-up planning research and compilation will be carried out in full gear.