Next to the Beijing International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport is the third largest airport in China. Guangzhou, now the largest civil aviation center in south China, was also the first city in China to open international airlines. Everyday there are over 100 flights flying to and from most of the cities in China. It also operates the international airlines flying to and from Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippine, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Amman, New Zealand, Australia, USA and Holland. Guangzhou Baiyun Airport is the busiest airport in China with the efficiency of one minute one landing during the high season. In 1996, Guangzhou became the first airport in China to put into operation Boeing 777 flying Guangzhou-Beijing-Shanghai-Guangzhou. Another new and more advanced airport is under
construction with total investment around 3.2 billion US dollar (25 billion yuan), and it will be put into use in 2003.