 | The $2.4 billion Guangzhou Baiyuan International airport will open on August 5th 2004. click to open  |
 | The $2.4 billion Guangzhou Baiyuan International airport will open on August 5th 2004. click to open |
 | A guide light sits on the landing tarmac in front of a China Southern aircraft parking at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport August 2, 2004. The $2.4 billion airport will open on Thursday and is expected to pose a threat to Hong Kong's position as Asia's second biggest air transport hub. click to open |
 | The $2.4 billion Guangzhou Baiyuan International airport will open on August 5th 2004. Photo shows a China Southern aircraft parks on the tarmac at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport August 2, 2004. click to open |
 | Chinese people gather outside the new Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, August 5, 2004. The 19.8 billion yuan ($ 2.4 billion) airport officially opened for business on Thursday morning. It covers an area of about 15 sq km and is capable of handling 25 million passengers and one million tons of cargo annually. click to open |
 | Passengers use the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, August 5, 2004. The 19.8 billion yuan ($ 2.4 billion) airport officially opened for business on Thursday morning. It covers the area of about 15 sq km and is capable of handling 25 million passengers and one million tons of cargo annually. click to open |
 | Guangzhou residents watch the takeoff of the last plane at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in the capital of China's southern province of Guangdong, on the eve of its closure in this picture taken August 4, 2004. The airport has long been overburdened by increasing passengers and cargo liners and a new airport of the same name, which is about four times the size of the existing one, was put into use Thursday morning. click to open |
 | Chinese technicians work at the new Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, August 5, 2004. The 19.8 billion yuan ($ 2.4 billion) airport offically opened for business on Thursday morning. It covers the area of about 15 sq km and is capable of handling 25 million passengers and one million tons of cargo annually. click to open |
 | Chinese workers take a photo in front of a passenger jet at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, capital of China's southern province of Guangdong in this picture taken August 4, 2004, on the eve of the closure of the airport. The airport has long been overburdened by increasing passengers and cargo liners and a new airport with the same name, which is about four times the size of the existing one,will open Thursday morning. click to open |
 | A Chinese worker puts up a new road sign outside the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, the capital of China's southern province of Guangdong, on the eve of its official opening in this picture taken August 4, 2004. The 19.8 billion yuan ($ 2.4 billion) airport officially opened for business on Thursday morning. It covers the area of about 15 sq km and is capable of handling 25 million passengers and one million tons of cargo annually. click to open |
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