Hong Kong’s air passenger traffic soars to pre-pandemic levels over Christmas
Secretary for Transport Mable Chan says the number of flight movements on a single day peaked at about 1,150 during Christmas period
Hong Kong’s air passenger traffic reached more than 180,000 people a day on average amid the Christmas period, a return to pre-pandemic levels, the transport minister has said, while promising to increase flight frequency.
Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan also said on Thursday the number of flights taking off and landing over a single day had peaked at about 1,150 over the festive season, which was close to the average figure before the Covid-19 pandemic.
“During the Christmas period in 2024, our average passenger traffic was more than 180,000 per day. On December 21, the single-day peak was 190,000. It has returned to pre-pandemic levels,” she told a radio programme.
“The Airport Authority will actively increase the number of flights. The Transport and Logistics Bureau will also take a proactive and open attitude to do our best to remove the restrictions in terms of our air services agreements, so that we can add new locations and frequencies of flights.”
The authority earlier said it expected daily passenger traffic would reach a pre-pandemic peak of about 200,000 people over the Christmas period.
In December 2023, it said that passenger traffic had recovered to 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.
