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Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) is an international airport serving Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The airport codes were inherited from the former Baiyun Airport , and the IATA code is derived from Guangzhou's historical romanization Canton .
China Airlines Flight 334 was a Boeing 747-2R7F/SCD freighter aircraft that was hijacked by pilot Wang Hsi-chueh (Chinese: 王錫爵), a former military U-2 pilot, on May 3, 1986, while en route to Don Mueang, Thailand. Wang had left family members behind in China when he left for Taiwan in 1949 and had met some of them in Hong Kong in 1984.
With its main hubs at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Beijing Daxing International Airport, the airline operates more than 2,000 flights to more than 200 destinations daily and was a member of SkyTeam until 1 January 2019. The airline started a frequent flyer program partnership with American Airlines in March 2019.
9 Air (九元航空) is a Chinese low-cost airline headquartered in Baiyun, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. 9 Air was created as a subsidiary of Juneyao Air in 2014. [2]9 Air is the first and only low-cost airline in Central and Southern China, with Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport as the main operating base.
FedEx Express Flight 80 was a scheduled cargo flight from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China, to Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture (near Tokyo), Japan. On March 23, 2009, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (N526FE) [ 2 ] operating the flight crashed at 6:48 am JST (21:48 UTC , March 22), while attempting a landing ...
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Changshui International Airport, Kunming, to Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou in China. At 14:23 CST (06:23 UTC ) on 21 March 2022, [ 2 ] the Boeing 737-89P aircraft descended steeply mid-flight and struck the ground at high speed in Teng County , Wuzhou ...
The airport also serves as an Asian-Pacific cargo hub for UPS Airlines. [1] The airport underwent major expansions in the 2010s, with a second runway opening in 2011, and a new terminal in 2013. It is one of the three largest airports serving the Pearl River Delta, alongside Hong Kong International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International ...
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport: Baiyun-Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China CAN/ZGGG 412,210 6 5.1% 22. Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States MSP/KMSP 412,049 6 4.8% 23. Mexico City International Airport: Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, Mexico MEX/MMMX 409,954 3 3.5% 24. Miami ...