The new Shanghai Pudong International Airport Terminal 2, which has advanced facilities and modern design, went into operation on March 26, 2008. It was conceived as a world-class airport, and one of the largest airport buildings in the world, with capacity of 60 million passengers annually.

Today, I’m very exciting as I have the opportunity to travel using this new Terminal.

The 2 terminals are actually connected by 3 indoor corridors (500 meters long) and free shuttle service every 10 mins, from 6am to 9pm. It will take about an hour for international transfer and probably 45 mins for domestic transfer. You should be able to get to your boarding gates by following the signs. It’s pretty easy, and you are advice to allocate additional time for departure.

Facilities

Bank & Currency Exchange

Books and Magazines in different languages are sold here!

Terminal 2 is much larger than the old one, has 4 floors. There are some dining and shopping services, hourly charged hotel rooms and gym facilities at the very top floor, while the other floors are quite standard. Third floor is for International departures, 2nd floor for domestic departures and baggage claim is on the ground floor.

At the middle point of the Central Path to Terminal 2, there is an exit for the Airport Shuttle Bus.

AIRLINES

The following airlines are moved to the new terminal building since April 29th:

• Air China (CA)
• Air India (AI)
• Aeroflot Russian Airlines (SU)
• Air Macau (NX)
• Air New Zealand (NZ)
• Alitalia (AZ)
• All Nippon Airways (NH)
• Asiana Airlines (OZ)
• AeroSvit Airlines (VV)
• British Airways (BA)
• Cathay Pacific Airways (CX)
• Cebu Pacific Air (5J)
• China Southern Airlines (CZ)
• Deutsche Lufthansa (LH)
• DragonAir (KA)
• Emirates (EK)
• Finnair (AY)
• Shanghai Airlines (FM)
• Garuda Indonesia (GA)
• Malaysia Airlines (MH)
• Northwest Airlines (NW)
• Philippine Airlines (PR)
• Qantas Airways (QF)
• Qatar Airways (QR)
• Royal Brunei Airlines (BI)
• Royal Nepal Airlines (RA)
• Singapore Airlines (SQ)
• Thai Airways (TG)
• Turkish Airlines (TK)
• TransAero Airlines (UN)
• United Airlines (UA)
• Virgin Atlantic Airways (VS)

THE DESIGN

The Interior was designed based on the concept "People Oriented", which adopts scientific approach in its construction to meet the demand for airline companies, "People oriented, providing convenience for passangers to the utmost extend. The organic sculptural design for the new terminal creates a loose-fit and sustainable building offering transparency and good views, fully utilise natural lighting with flexible spaces. And of course, all factors like flow design, environment, facilities layout and even transfers on ground transport are taken into consideration.

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