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Nearly two months ahead of the start of the 2016 Olympic Games, modernisation work at Rio de Janeiro–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, known locally as RIOgaleão, has been completed. The 25 elevators, 21 escalators, 14 moving walks and 58 passenger boarding bridges supplied by thyssenkrupp will ensure quick and convenient transportation for over 17 million passengers who visit the airport every year. The airport’s newly built Terminal 3 now houses a 100 metre long moving walkway, in addition to

China has joined the only two countries in the world – Germany and Japan - to have developed maglev (magnetic levitation) high-speed rail technology.