Shenzhen International Airport opened a check-in office in Dongguan on Oct. 14 to help passengers save time at the airport terminals.

Travelers can purchase round-trip tickets, check-in and receive boarding passes before taking the airport shuttle buses to Shenzhen airport, the airport authority said on Oct. 14.

The check-in office is located at the Shilong Long-distance Bus Station in Shilong Township, northern Dongguan, which is 65 kilometers from the Shenzhen airport.

The airport has authorized the Dongguan Changcheng Passenger Bus Co. as the sole operator of the airport shuttle bus.

The company has allocated 52 buses that run at 30-minute intervals from 6:30 a.m. to 8:10 p.m. between Shenzhen and Dongguan.

Shilong Township is in the border area of Dongguan, Zengcheng and Huizhou cities.

The township, along with five nearby townships, has a population of nearly 1 million and a large number of factories with investors from Taiwan.

The Shenzhen airport has already opened 10 check-in offices in other Pear River Delta (PRD) cities since April 2007.

The airport's newly launched check-in counter at the Hong Kong airport handled 2,500 passengers the past month.