CARGO and mail throughput at Shanghai Pudong International Airport reached 2.16 million tons in 2006, ranking the airport seventh in the world and third in Asia, Xinhua reports.

Shanghai's two airports, Pudong and Hongqiao, together handled 409,000 planes in 2006, representing an increase of 9.21 per cent.

Currently there are 64 domestic and international airlines operating regular services from Shanghai, with the flight network covering 169 cities at home and abroad.