Typhoon Trami leaves at least 45 flights between Hong Kong and Japan cancelled or delayed

Hundreds of tourists from city visiting island nation expected to return home as airport operations resume at Osaka’s Kansai International Airport

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A ship washes ashore at a port in Yonabaru, Okinawa, as Typhoon Trami approaches Japan's southernmost prefecture. Photo: Kyodo

Published: 12:53pm, 1 Oct 2018Updated: 11:21pm, 1 Oct 2018

At least 45 flights between Hong Kong and Japan remained cancelled or delayed in the wake of Typhoon Trami on Monday, although the hundreds of tourists from the city visiting the island nation were expected to trickle back as airport operations resume.

At least two people were killed and more than 150 injured as the super typhoon pummelled Japan’s outlying islands including Okinawa before making landfall over the southern city of Osaka on Sunday night.

Roads were blocked, power supplies knocked out, and bullet train services suspended. More than 1,000 flights across the country were cancelled.

Osaka’s Kansai International Airport – having already suffered extensive damage from Typhoon Jebi in September – shut an access bridge and all runways as a precautionary measure on Sunday. Operations resumed at 6am on Monday after the airport operator deemed conditions safe.

But some 200 flights remained grounded.

On Monday morning, a Hong Kong Airport Authority spokeswoman said four flights arriving from Japan and one departing from the city had stayed cancelled.

Typhoon Trami leaves at least 45 flights between Hong Kong and Japan cancelled or delayed

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Hundreds of tourists from city visiting island nation expected to return home as airport operations resume at Osaka’s Kansai International Airport