The new terminal at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, a major civil aviation hub in South China, opened on Thursday, and will greatly boost domestic and international passenger and cargo capacity in the region.

T2, the largest single airport terminal building on the Chinese mainland — with a total area of 658,700 square meters — includes a wide variety of advanced automatic boarding and security check facilities, and boasts 58 passenger boarding jetways.

With the opening of T2, the airport — which now includes two terminals and three runways — will have a capacity of 70 million passengers this year, according to the airport authority.

"I am really excited to fly out of T2. There are so many advanced automatic facilities that make the journey so easy and comfortable," said a passenger surnamed Zhou.

The first flight out of the new terminal was Xiamen Airlines 8306, which departed Thursday morning to Xiamen, Fujian province.

Construction of T2 broke ground in 2012, and its opening coincided with a comprehensive transport center, a third runway, an information building and a new subway station.

T2 will help Guangzhou’s airport develop into a world-class aviation hub in the years ahead, according to the airport authority.

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