B[Guangzhou Baiyun Airport becomes China’s No. 1 airport in terms of passenger throughput in the first half of the year, ranking third in the world] October 11th, data from the first three quarters show that Baiyun Airport’s passenger throughput reached 67.029 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%, surpassing Shanghai Pudong Airport and becoming the No. 1 airport in the country. In the fourth quarter, with the opening of the 140th Canton Fair and the approaching APEC summit, the passenger flow of Baiyun Airport will usher in a new wave of growth, which is expected to help the prefecture maintain its top position in the country in air passenger throughput. Looking globally, Baiyun Airport ranked third in the world with 43.333 million passengers in the first half of this year, second only to Atlanta and Tokyo Haneda. It is worth noting that while Baiyun Airport has returned to the top of the list, the entire Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area airport cluster has also officially reached the forefront of the global aviation market. (21 Finance) B[UN Secretary-General Condemns Houthi Armed Forces’ Attack on Saudi Airport] On October 11, UN Secretary-General Guterres expressed his strong condemnation of the deadly attack launched by Houthi armed forces on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the 10th. The Saudi General Civil Aviation Authority stated that King Khalid International Airport was attacked on the afternoon of October 10, local time, resulting in at least 12 deaths and 309 injuries. The victims included four Saudi citizens, two Bangladeshi citizens, and one citizen each from the United States, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and Sudan. (CCTV News) B[Houthi Armed Forces Claimed Third Attack on Saudi Airports and Air Force Bases] On October 9th, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen issued a statement on the 8th local time, saying that on the evening of the same day, the Houthi armed forces launched two cruise missiles at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and simultaneously launched a ballistic missile at Najran Airport and a ballistic missile at Khamis Mushayt Air Force Base. This is the third time the Houthis have issued a statement on the 8th claiming to have attacked King Khalid International Airport. The Houthi armed forces said that the above-mentioned attacks "hit the target accurately", causing aviation operations at the two airports in Riyadh and Najran to be affected, and said that the airport and Khamis Mushait Air Base were damaged. The Houthi armed forces also stated that Saudi Arabia launched 59 air strikes in the areas controlled by the Houthi armed forces in the past 24 hours, targeting the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the provinces of Jawf, Taiz, Marib, Hodeidah, Hajjah, Saada, Lahj, Raima, Ibb and Bayda. Since the escalation of the situation, Saudi Arabia has carried out 1,857 air strikes and missile attacks on areas controlled by the Houthi armed forces in Yemen. (CCTV News) B[Russia claims it is attacking Ukrainian military industrial enterprises, and Ukraine claims it is attacking multiple Russian targets] On October 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a battle report on the 7th stating that in the past 24 hours, the Russian army launched attacks on Ukrainian drone production workshops and storage points, ammunition and military supplies warehouses, and temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian army and foreign mercenaries in 146 areas. Russian air defense forces also shot down 4 guided air bombs and 764 fixed-wing drones. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on the 7th that in the early morning of October 6th and 7th, the Ukrainian army attacked multiple Russian targets in Bryansk Oblast, Donetsk and Luhansk, including Russian airports, radar stations, drone command posts, logistics warehouses and fuel depots. A[Yemen's Houthi armed forces said they had carried out three rounds of military operations against multiple targets in Saudi Arabia] October 6th, Yemen's Houthi armed forces issued a statement on the night of October 5, saying that in response to Saudi Arabia's military operations against Yemen in the past 24 hours, the Houthi armed forces carried out three rounds of military operations that day. , using a large number of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones to attack Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the Aramco oil refinery in Rabigh, as well as Abha Airport, Khamis Mushayt Base, Al-Aqifa Military Camp in Asir Province, and multiple sensitive targets in Najran and Jazan Provinces. B[A British Airways passenger plane plunged 8,230 meters in 7 minutes] October 6th, according to US media reports, on October 5th local time, a British Airways passenger plane declared a state of emergency while en route from London to Chicago, the United States. According to data from flight tracking websites, about 30 minutes after takeoff, the flight altitude of the Boeing 777 dropped from 36,000 feet (10,972.8 meters) to 9,000 feet (2,743.2 meters) in about 7 minutes, which means it dropped almost 8,230 meters. The cause of the accident is currently unclear. The passenger plane turned around over Ireland and then circled over the Bristol Channel in western England for about four hours before finally landing at London Heathrow Airport at 5 p.m. local time. (CCTV International News) B[Three days before the National Day holiday, nearly 320,000 people entered and exited the Pudong International Airport port.] On October 4, during the National Day holiday, the two-way demand for family outbound travel and foreigners visiting China was intensively released, and the Pudong International Airport port had an endless flow of passengers. On October 4, we learned from the Shanghai Airport Border Inspection Station that in the three days before the National Day holiday, the cumulative number of entry-exit passengers at Shanghai Pudong International Airport exceeded 319,000, and the number of inbound and outbound passenger and cargo flights exceeded 2,100. (surging) B[Freight and passenger flows hit new highs, and exchanges between APEC member economies at Shenzhen Airport Port increased.] September 19th, this year is the "APEC Year of China". As of early September this year, the Shenzhen Airport Port's import and export cargo volume to other APEC member economies and foreign passenger flow from APEC member economies both hit a record high for the same period in history. In the first eight months of this year, the import and export cargo volume of Shenzhen Airport Port to other APEC member economies reached 450,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%. As of early September, the Shenzhen Airport Port had received more than 1 million inbound and outbound foreign passengers from APEC member economies this year, a year-on-year increase of 31.1%, both hitting a record high for the same period in history. It is understood that Shenzhen Airport United Airlines has newly opened and expanded 10 international routes to Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore and other APEC member economies. (CCTV News)
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