| Jan. 8 |
Dalian Airport was chosen as one of ¡°National First Group of Model Units for Management & Creation¡± by China Managers Association & Human Science Research Institute of China Institute of Management Science. |
| Jan. 10 |
Audited by China Design (Beijing) Quality System Assurance Center, Dalian Airport Hotel acquired the attestation of ISO9001 quality control system. |
| Jan. 22 |
Dalian Airport was granted the title of ¡°Advanced Unit for Green Passage Project Construction¡± by Dalian People¡¯s Government. |
| Mar. 10 |
Audited by China Design (Beijing) Quality System Assurance Center, Dalian Airport Meihang Food Co., Ltd. acquired the attestation of ISO9000 quality control system. |
| Mar. 30 |
Dalian - Fukuoka direct flight course was opened.¡£ |
| Apr. 6 |
Dalian Airport celebrated 30th anniversary for its foundation & continuous guarantee for aviation safety, which was given the general commendation by CAAC and CAAC Dongbei Region Administration. |
| Middle of Apr. to end of June |
Dalian Airport devoted all to do well in prevention of SARS, which measured temperatures for more than 70,000 person times of passenger, correctly treated 45 fevered passengers and prohibited 12 fevered passengers to board, so as to guarantee none of patients suffered from SARS or borderline case to enter or depart from Dailan Airport, as well as kept record of ¡°double zero¡± of SARS prevention. In this period, many leaders, including Sun Chunlan, Secretary of Dalian Municipal Party Committee, and Xia Deren, Mayor of Dalian, visited and inspected Dalian Airport for many times. |
| Apr. |
Dalian Airport was granted the title of ¡°Model Sanitation Group of 2002¡± by Dalian People¡¯s Government. |
| June 25 |
Hu Zhian, General Manager of Dalian Airport, and Ling Peijin, Director of Emergency Center, were awarded the titles of ¡°Excellent Member of China Communist Party for SARS Prevention in CAAC¡± by CAAC. |
| June |
Dalian Airport was chosen as ¡°Unit Reaching Standards of Work Safety in 2002¡± by Liaoning Province Work Safety Commission. |
| July 22-24 |
The 5th ASEM Economic Ministers¡¯ Meeting was held in Dalian. Dalian Airport provided the excellent service to guarantee the success of this meeting, including providing safe guarantee for VIP charter flights and scheduled flights in 85 sorties, as well as serving respected guests and other persons of this meeting for 1132 person times. |
| July 23 |
Appraised by Liaoning Province Bureau of Tourism, Dalian Airport Hotel was promoted to ¡°Four Star¡± Tourism Hotel. |
| July 25 |
Shenyang - Dalian - Mianyang (round trip) flight course was opened. |
| July 28 |
Dalian - Changzhou course of travel charter flight was opened. |
| Aug. 4 |
Tianjin - Dalian - Hailaer (round trip) flight course was opened. |
| Aug. 9 |
Tianjin - Dalian - Hailaer (round trip) flight course was opened. |
| Aug. 19 |
Dalian - Vladivostok flight course was opened. |
| Aug. 29 |
Shenyang - Dalian - Guiyang - Shenyang flight course was opened. |
| Sep. 4 |
President Josefa Iloilo of Republic of Fiji Islands visited Dalian by Flight Number CZ6126. |
| Sep. 26 |
Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport Group Co. and Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport Stock Co. Ltd. pronounced the foundation. |
| Oct. 28 |
Two S-76C+ helicopters from Ministry of Communications (Shanghai) Salvage Air Fleet were settled in Dalian Airport. |
| Nov. 8 |
Vice President Teofisto Guingona of Philippines visited Dalian by Flight Number CZ6522 |
| Dec. 5 |
Qingdao - Dalian - Mudanjiang (round trip) flight course was opened. |
| Dec. 17 |
Dalian - Dubai - Frankfurt flight course was opened. |
| Dec. 30 |
Administration of Dalian Airport was transferred to local government. |
| Dec. |
Dalian Airport was chosen as ¡°Winning Unit of National ¡®Ankang Cup¡¯ Contest¡± by CAAC. |
