China has completed its newest mammoth airport, and the Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport has some unique features. Qingdao Jiaodong has been labelled the country’s first “sponge airport”. READ MORE:* Beijing Daxing International Airport is China's new rock star of an airport* China's incredible 'starfish' airport opensVCG/VCG/Getty Images The airport has five connected concourses. It has cost close to NZ$9 billion and taken five years to build and will replace the nearby Qingdao Liuting International Airport. Another two runways planned in the next phase of construction will increase capacity to 60 million passengers a year, reports Xinhua News.

Source: Stuff July 22, 2020 01:07 UTC