北京大兴国际机场开始真机验证 Beijing's new airport completes 1st passenger plane test flight

An Airbus 380 of China Southern parked at Beijing Daxing International Airport on May 13, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

Beijing Daxing International Airport completed(完成 wánchéng) its first test(测试 cèshì) flight of passenger planes as four aircraft landed(降落 jiàngluò) safely on the runway(跑道 pǎodào) Monday morning.

China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Air China and Xiamen Airlines sent their flagship models A380, A350-900, B747-8 and B787-9, respectively(分别地 fēnbié de), for the test.

"The test shows that the new airport has now turned its focus(焦点 jiāodiǎn) from infrastructure construction(建设 jiànshè) to operation(运营 yùnyíng) preparations(准备 zhǔnbèi)," said Wan Xiangdong, chief pilot of Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Photo taken on May 11, 2019 shows a view of Beijing Daxing International Airport. [Photo: IC]

The test followed the airport's first flight of verification planes on Jan. 22 this year. The airport is scheduled to take low-visibility flight test in August and go into operation before Sept. 30.

重点词汇 Key Word:

准备 <动词 v.>

• Prepare; get ready
  E.g. Tā zhǔnbèi de fēicháng chōngfèn。
  他准备得非常充分。
  He is fully prepared for it.

• Intend; plan
  E.g. Liǎng guó zhǔnbèi kāishǐ xià yī lún tánpàn.
  两国准备开始下一轮谈判。
  The two countries plan to start the next round of negotiation.