Hong Kong airport to deal with 150 more flights than usual to clear backlog from Typhoon Hato
Travellers camp out in terminals after missed flights and cancellations because of heavy weather on Wednesday
Up to 150 extra flights were expected to come in and out of Hong Kong on Thursday, as the airport battled to get back on track after the disruption brought by Typhoon Hato.
Those arrivals were expected to ease the plight of travellers stranded and camping out in terminals after the No 10 storm caused their flights to be cancelled.
Hong Kong International Airport’s operator said it had kept both runways open overnight – one normally closes at night for maintenance – to deal with the backlog from more than 450 cancelled flights. But it left it to airlines to request that measure for Thursday night.
An Airport Authority spokeswoman said the airport would handle more than 1,200 arrivals and departures throughout Thursday, but a source at the airport said that figure would be more like 1,250.