Typhoon Mangkhut: Hong Kong airport to handle 2,000 rescheduled flights over two days with both runways to remain open overnight
Passengers urged to confirm their flight departure times with airlines before heading to the airport
“About 900 flights will be rescheduled today and a total of 2,000 within 48 hours,” Jack So Chak-kwong, chairman of the Airport Authority, said on Monday morning.
Hong Kong Airlines would operate 95 flights on Monday, among which 26 were originally scheduled for Sunday and four for Saturday.
All of budget carrier Hong Kong Express’ flights scheduled for Monday resumed fully, plus four deferred from the weekend.
“Usually the two runways take turns to be closed for maintenance at night,” an Airport Authority spokesman said. “But we will have both of them open for two nights to clear as much of the backlog as possible.”
So said: “After today [Monday], everything should return to normal.”
He urged passengers to confirm their flight departure times with airlines before heading to the airport, and thanked his staff for sustaining operations under extreme weather.