<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">History Qingdao Liuting International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">From 2004 to 2006, the airport underwent an expansion of its terminal as well as adding more parking spaces which were part of its initial 2010 goal to expand Liuting Airport to handle 5.2 million passengers annually, or 2400 passengers and almost 120,000 tons of cargo hourly. The runway was also extended to its current length. [citation needed] Its IATA code is used for its former romanized name Tsingtao.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 2018, Qingdao Liuting was the 15th busiest airport in China with 24.53 million passengers. Due to its lack of room to expand as it is surrounded by the city, the Chinese government approved the construction of Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport in December 2013. All flights were transferred to Jiaodong Airport when it opened on August 12, 2021.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Qingdao did not have a non-stop intercontinental air link until 29 March 2016, when Lufthansa's existing service to Frankfurt, Germany, via Shenyang was upgraded to a non-stop flight to Frankfurt. Later in the year, Beijing Capital Airlines introduced service to Melbourne, Australia, and Vancouver, Canada, in early 2017.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport is close to Qingdao, Jiaozhou, Gaomi, Laixi, Pingdu, Laiyang, Luofeng, Zhufeng, Mizhou, Weichanglu, Anqiu, Zhuangyuan, Kuiju, Weifang, Rizhao, Yantai, Yishui, Shouguang, Qingzhou, Laiwu and other locations in China.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Qingdao Liuting International Airport is the main international airport serving the city of Qingdao in Shandong Province, China. It is about 31 km (19 mi) from the city center and serves as a hub for Shandong Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines, and Qingdao Airlines, as well as a focus city for China Eastern Airlines. A replacement airport, Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, has been fully completed since mid-2020, but the official opening date has yet to be announced.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Qingdao Liuting International Airport was Qingdao&rsquo;s main civil airport until August 2021, when all air traffic to/from Qingdao was redirected to its replacement, Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport.</p>
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