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Beijing Daxing International Airport Opens
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE7.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The airport opened on 25 September 2019."Beijing opened Daxing International Airport, a vast starfish-shaped terminal designed by Zaha Hadid Architects to relieve pressure on the capital’s overcrowded main airport.0.67Lufthansa Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A350-900
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE9.8 years agoch-aviation reports the hand-over of D-AIXA at a ceremony at Toulouse-Blagnac on Monday 19 December 2016; Airbus's[3] press release is dated 21 December 2016 but names no day, and the aircraft flew on to Munich on 21 December.Lufthansa took delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 from Airbus's Toulouse delivery centre, the initial aircraft of a 25-jet order that became the backbone of its new Munich long-haul hub. The A350 entered scheduled service two months later, flying Munich to Delhi.0.65Hong Kong Airport's Three-Runway System Reaches Full Operation
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE1.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "all three runways will be operating under the system starting November 28."Hong Kong International Airport's HK$141.5BN Three-Runway System expansion reached full three-runway operation, capping an eight-year project to add capacity on reclaimed land.HK$141.5B0.64The Airbus A350F Makes Its First Flight
ESTIMATED76% CONFIDENCEin 1 dayA reported target rather than a fixed date, per aircargonews.net[1][4] quoting Reuters: the airframer "is hopeful the first flight will take place on around 24 September, although there is always the chance that technical issues or inclement weather could push that date back into October"; Airbus[2][5] itself would say only that "the maiden flight is expected later in 2026".Airbus’ first clean-sheet large freighter is expected to fly from Toulouse around 24 September, opening a roughly 400-hour, nine-month certification campaign flown by MSN700 and MSN701 ahead of a first delivery in the second half of 2027.0.64Noida International Airport Starts Commercial Flights at Jewar
DELAYED3.5 years late40% CONFIDENCE100 days agoThe article states "The airport commenced flight operations on 15 June 2026, with an IndiGo flight landing from Lucknow."[1]An IndiGo flight from Lucknow landed on the first day of scheduled service at the National Capital Region's second airport, whose first phase has one 3,900 m runway and a 101,590 sq m terminal for 12 million passengers a year, designed by Grimshaw with Nordic, Haptic and STUP. Zurich Airport International holds the 40-year concession, and the DGCA granted the aerodrome licence on 6 March 2026.₹45.9B0.63Lufthansa Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A380
CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE16.3 years agoBusiness Traveller[6] and Aviation International News both report Lufthansa took delivery of its first A380 on 19 May 2010.Lufthansa received its first Airbus A380 at Hamburg on 19 May 2010, putting the double-decker superjumbo into European airline service weeks later.0.63CDG Express Starts Running From Gare de l'Est to Roissy
DELAYED20.5 years late63% CONFIDENCEin 186 daysThe project's own history page says "When it enters service on 28 March 2027, the CDG Express[1][2] will realise a vision first imagined more than 30 years ago".The 32 km non-stop link will run every 15 minutes from 5am to midnight between Gare de l'Est and Charles de Gaulle Airport, a 20-minute trip, operated by Hello Paris, a Keolis and RATP Dev joint venture. The infrastructure company, owned in equal shares by Groupe ADP, SNCF Reseau and Banque des Territoires, says it financed the entire project without public subsidies, and CAF France of Alsace supplied the trainsets.0.62Congonhas Airport's New Terminal Due to Finish in June 2028
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 1.8 yearsAena's[1] release says the new terminal is "scheduled for completion in June 2028", a month rather than a fixed day.Aena is doubling the boarding and arrivals area to 105,000 square metres and replacing the airport's 12 airbridges with 19, so that 70 per cent of boardings are direct to the aircraft. A new 215,000-square-metre apron takes commercial aircraft stands from 30 to 37 and lifts capacity to 29.5 million passengers a year; work began in 2024.R$2B0.62Port Waratah Begins Shiploader 7.09 Overhaul at Kooragang Terminal
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CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoFraport's[2] press release 'Terminal 3: First Vehicle for New Sky Line Presented' states the vehicle was presented on November 3, 2022.Fraport presented the first vehicle of its new automated Sky Line people-mover for Frankfurt Airport's €4 billion Terminal 3, a key milestone as the terminal neared completion.0.61Trunk Road T2 and the Cha Kwo Ling Tunnel Complete Route 6
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysThe project's own CEDD site gives a completion date of "2026" for both the main construction contract and the traffic control system contract, a year rather than a day.[1]CEDD's 3.4 km dual two-lane Trunk Road T2, of which about 3.1 km is tunnel, links the Central Kowloon Bypass at Kai Tak to the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel, commissioning Route 6 in full as an east-west express link between West Kowloon and Tseung Kwan O. The main construction contract alone is worth HK$10.918 billion.0.61Changi Airport Breaks Ground on Terminal 5
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoThe Prime Minister's Office dates the speech to the groundbreaking ceremony 14 May 2025, and PM Wong opens by marking the ground being broken on T5 that day.[1]Prime Minister Lawrence Wong officiated the groundbreaking of Terminal 5 on the Changi East site, launching the airport's largest expansion. PM Wong said T5 will be as big in land area as all of Changi's current terminals combined and will expand the airport's capacity by more than 50 per cent, serving about 50 million more passengers a year.0.61
