Hong Kong should open up new routes, not worry about airport overcapacity: industry experts
Heads of Airport Authority committee and logistics association say current figures for air traffic less important than city’s longer term goals
Responding to concerns that there could be an excess supply of airport capacity, lawmaker and Airport Authority’s 3RS and Works Committee chairman Lo Wai-kwok said on Wednesday that Hong Kong should not focus on the current traffic.
“The most important thing is we have to prepare ourselves. The passenger traffic is obviously increasing in a gradual manner,” he told a radio programme.
“We should not simply wait for others to come. We should utilise our strengths to increase the number of destinations.”
Lo suggested destinations in the Middle East, as Hong Kong had recently been exploring business opportunities in the region.