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The Macau Special Administrative Region is much more popular as Macau. It is also called Macao.
There are a total number of two main administrative areas belonging to the People's Republic of China. Macau is of them; the other being Hong Kong. The landscape exists in the western part of the Pearl River Delta. It surrounds Guangdong province in the northern part. Macau was the last European colony that existed in China. The system of transportation is excellent in Macau. Air transportation is exquisite.
As far as the air transportation system in Macau is concerned, it is required to mention the name of the Macau International Airport, which is the only airport within the territory of Macau. Apart from this particular airport called the Macau International Airport there exists no other airport in Macau. In the Portuguese language, it is called Aeroporto Internacional de Macau. It is located at the eastern edge of the Taipa Island and the neighboring water bodies. Since the Macau International airport is the single airport in Macau, it remains always busy carrying on the aircraft operations.
| It is in the year of 1995 that this particular airport was established for carrying out commercial purposes. Several flights from several parts of the country and other parts of the world come to this airport. Since the year of 1995, this particular airport has been serving as an important point helping the people to travel between Taiwan and the mainland China. It is a passenger hub catering to many people of China and abroad. Apart from the passenger aircrafts, the Airport in Macau under discussion also receives many of the cargo flights.
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In the year of 2006, this aircraft tackled five million passengers. Apart from this, it also handled two lack twenty thousand tonnes of cargo.
The airlines that are found to be operating from the Macau International Airport must be named here. They are Air Macau, AirAsia, Thai AirAsia, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, EVA Air, Malaysia Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Tiger Airways, Viva Macau, Cebu Pacific, and many others. This airport remains busy all the twenty four hours a day. Different operations are found to take place throughout the day in this particular airport. If you ever come to Macau, you can land at this airport. This airport is a gateway to Macau.
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