Beijing’s new airport opens on September 30th Designed by Iraqi-British architect Dame Zaha Hadid, the airport terminals cover over a million square metres. It cost RMB 80 billion (£9.3 billion) and took five years to build. Beijing Daxing International Airport will handle 45 million passengers annually by 2021, 72 million by 2025 and 100 million passengers a year by 2040. China Southern, China Eastern, Beijing Capital Airlines and …