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Latest news and updates on Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), which is operated by the Airport Authority Hong Kong, including coronavirus travel restrictions, and aviation and tourism issues that relate to the airport.
The authorities must seriously reflect on the damage to city’s reputation as a result of an unacceptable system failure, especially at a time when Hong Kong is spending billions in a bid to lure back visitors.
The longer the delay in opening up borders for hassle-free travel, the greater the risk of losing out to competitors such as Singapore.
Until vaccines that provide long-term protection are developed, recommendations have to be constantly reviewed and updated, with the best and timeliest community protection in mind.
Those drawn to Hong Kong by the lure of easy travel now find themselves at a crossroads. When government policy is guided neither by scientific nor economic sense, it is impossible to know when pre-Covid mobility will return. Is it time to seek more travel-friendly places?
As more countries embrace “living with Covid” and open up, it is only a matter of time for Hong Kong to further relax cross-border and overseas travel restrictions.
- Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport is named the world’s most beautiful airport just two months after topping Hong Kong International Airport in Skytrax traveller poll
- But passenger traffic, an important indicator of economic activities, is still vastly different between the two international airports
Value of drugs confiscated at airport so far this year up 88 per cent from same period in 2022.
Hong Kong International Airport’s logistics park in mainland China to handle 1 million tonnes of cargo per year by 2025.
Australian celebrity chef Neil Perry talks about Hong Kong’s influence on his cooking and why dim sum is back at the reopened Qantas Lounge at the city’s international airport.
Internal airline memo seen by Post says some pilots going at ‘considerably slower speed’ while taxiing, but union leader says go-slow issues reflect poor morale among pilots.
Suspect is fourth person to be arrested at airport on suspicion of narcotics trafficking in just five days.
The two women and a man, who flew in from Brazil, were thought to be recruited by the same drug trafficking syndicate.
Starting in June, cadets will undergo training on airport operations and man service counters, but aircrew union calls move unnecessary.
Company shifting some functions to Singapore but pledges to maintain ‘significant presence’ and leadership roles locally.
New round-trip flight, operated by Urumqi Air, will run once every Wednesday from May 3, shortly after Labour Day break.
Consul General Chaturont Chaiyakam also says businesses in region have greater interest in Hong Kong after city turned focus on improving Asean ties.
The owner of the 1, 219-room, Sheraton-branded property, Shimao Group, is in the process of restructuring US$11.8 billion in debt.
Nine flights, which were about to land, required to change arrival runway.
Check-in services at aisles primarily serving city’s flagship carrier Cathay Pacific affected.
Readers discuss incurable patients’ right to make end-of-life decisions, archaic court procedures, and Hong Kong’s airport labour problem.
Agreement, estimated to be worth billions of Hong Kong dollars, aims to support airline’s international long-haul ambitions.
Airlines delay plans to resume or increase flights to Hong Kong because of manpower shortages at ground handling companies.
Airport handled more than 80,000 passengers daily at its peak in January, accounting for around 40 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.
The overwhelming result comes just two days before travelling between Hong Kong and mainland China resumes under relaxed rules, a much-anticipated removal of the final vestige of a three-year lockdown.
Airport Authority shows it’s serious about long-term prospects of airport in western Greater Bay Area.
Residents were out in force enjoying their new-found freedom a day after substantial easing of curbs was announced.
On 11-day trip to Italy with his wife, financial analyst Isaac Cheung says: ‘Travelling seems a bit foreign to us now … I struggled to pack my suitcase.’
Tourism Board says it will work alongside local businesses on ‘Hello! Hong Kong’ campaign to offer a range of perks for travellers.
Fortnum & Mason opens new outlet in Hong Kong airport amid rising expectations for retail rebound as travel restrictions ease.
Airport authority says third runway will be ready ‘on time and inside budget’ for expected 2024 return to normal passenger levels.
About 3,000 new flights from October to December to be added this year, Cathay Pacific Group says.
