According to the production and operation data released by seven airports in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, the airport cluster in the Greater Bay Area will steadily rank among the top global aviation hub clusters with a throughput of over 230 million passengers and approximately 9.72 million tons of cargo and mail by 2025. Statistics show that the three major hubs of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, which are the core of the Greater Bay Area airport cluster, have performed particularly well. By 2025, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport will achieve a historic leap, with a passenger throughput of 83.59 million and a cargo and mail volume of 2.44 million tons, both reaching historical highs; The passenger throughput of Shenzhen Bao'an Airport is 66.49 million, ranking among the "2 million ton club" of mainland airport cargo transportation; As the world's largest cargo airport for several consecutive years, Hong Kong International Airport has a passenger throughput of 61 million, a year-on-year increase of 15%. The annual cargo volume has increased to 5.07 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%. In 2025, the cargo and mail throughput of the three airports in Zhuhai, Macau, and Huizhou will also increase by 15%, 1.08%, and 25% respectively year-on-year, showing strong development momentum. Behind the huge demand for air travel and logistics is the vast economic volume and active external exchanges of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. In 2024, the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area will surpass the world-class bay areas of New York and San Francisco with an economic output of 14.79 trillion yuan, and be tied with the Tokyo Bay Area for the top tier of global economic scale. By 2025, the total economic output of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area is expected to exceed 15 trillion yuan. Among the four Greater Bay Area airport clusters in the world, the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area airport cluster ranks first in terms of transportation scale, with three hub airports in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, two mainline airports in Zhuhai and Macau, and two regional airports in Huizhou and Foshan. Its route network covers more than 200 cities around the world. By 2024, the passenger throughput of the Greater Bay Area airport cluster will exceed 214 million. The aviation hub cluster has built a "fast track" for the trade pattern of "manufacturing leading" and "buying and selling globally" in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. Associate Professor Qi Qi from Guangzhou Civil Aviation Vocational and Technical College said that the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area has gathered a large number of high value-added industries, and products such as semiconductor chips, biomedicine, precision instruments, core components of new energy vehicles, and high-end consumer electronics have high requirements for efficient air logistics; The new generation of cross-border e-commerce platforms represented by SHEIN and Temu adopt a flexible supply chain model of "small batch, multi batch, and fast turnover", which has also generated a huge demand for customized air logistics products such as "e-commerce dedicated lines" and "charter services". The "soft linkage" of institutional innovation injects new momentum into the coordinated development of the Greater Bay Area airport cluster. Policies and services such as "flying through Zhuhai Hong Kong", "Guangdong cars heading south", and "fast boats+shuttle buses" have significantly improved the efficiency of sea, land, and air intermodal transportation between hub airports. The "Dongguan Hong Kong International Airport Center" has extended the logistics core function of the Hong Kong International Airport cargo terminal across borders to Dongguan, the manufacturing hub, to better serve "manufacturing in the Bay Area". The dividends of the open policy continue to be released, and the number of international tourists is growing rapidly. With the continuous expansion of China's visa free "circle of friends", the number of foreign nationals entering through Shenzhen Airport visa free increased by 133% year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2025. By 2025, Baiyun Airport will open, strengthen, or restore nearly 40 international passenger routes. Hong Kong International Airport further expands its aviation network, adding 30 new destinations worldwide, including Abu Dhabi and Brussels, by 2025. (New Society)