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Cathay Pacific has delayed its target of returning to pre-pandemic passenger levels to the first quarter of 2025. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Hong Kong airport boosts efforts to lure foreign airlines as it waits on Cathay

Airport Authority is doing all it can to fill extra capacity created by soon-to-debut three-runway system, acting CEO Vivian Cheung says.

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Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong Airlines flight to Japan diverted to Taipei after suspected fuel leak

Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong Airlines to return to North America next year with Vancouver route

Hong Kong International Airport

Are Cathay’s pilot crunch, capacity issues hampering Hong Kong’s hub ambitions?

Three-runway system will boost HKIA capacity, but fast-growing Shenzhen and Guangzhou airports step up pressure.

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John Lee

Hong Kong to explore easing visitor rules with 3 Asean countries, John Lee says

City leader says ‘fruitful’ six-day trip to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam resulted in 55 cooperation agreements and promoted people-to-people exchanges.

Hong Kong society

Police called after mainland woman and Hong Kong man quarrel aboard flight

In clip of incident shared online, woman yells: ‘What’s wrong with you Hong Kong people? You’re also Chinese, aren’t you?’

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Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong airport rolls out 45-second bag drop service starting with Cathay

Smartphone express bag drop service will reduce the time for handling luggage from two minutes at counters.

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Cathay Pacific passengers will be able to use the service from Thursday. Photo: Eugene Lee
John Lee

Hong Kong’s John Lee signals extra flights to Cambodia in bid to boost ties

Cathay Group and Hong Kong Airlines sign MOUs with Cambodian counterparts as city leader John Lee looks to make travel ‘more convenient’.

Hong Kong transport

HK$7 million payouts offered as Hong Kong airport bids to fill new runway slots

HK$7m cash carrots part of two-pronged plan to encourage airlines to add new destinations and boost number of long-haul flights.

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Hong Kong transport

Explainer | After blind Hong Kong men pulled off flight, the Post examines disabled rights

The rights of disabled people on flights outlined after HK Express orders visually impaired men off a plane due to take off for Tokyo.

HK Express denies that the men were forcibly removed and insists the passengers were asked to leave the cabin. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong tourism

Starlux eyes 5 daily round-trip flights on new Hong Kong-Taipei route in future

Carrier will begin running two daily round-trip flights between Hong Kong and Taipei on July 16.

Founded in 2018, Starlux is now the third-largest airline in Taiwan. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong Airlines launches new route to Xining in Qinghai province

From July 9, carrier will offer two weekly flights to mainland Chinese city that was added to Hong Kong’s solo traveller scheme in May.

Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong’s Cathay urged to launch direct flights to 8 new travel scheme cities

Tommy Tam of the Society of IATA Passenger Agents says Cathay has ‘unshirkable responsibility’ to provide more direct flights to 8 new locations.

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Hong Kong tourism

Explainer | Cathay’s HK Express offers cheap seats to beat rivals. Will budget fliers bite?

Budget airline has introduced four-tier ticketing system, with entry-level option allowing single personal item weighing under 7kg.

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HK Express has introduced a new four-tier ticketing system, putting its prices in the spotlight. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong aviation

Editorial | New pilots on right course to lift Hong Kong airport

Airport Authority and Hong Kong Metropolitan University team up to tackle shortage of flight crews by offering flying licence as part of bachelor’s degree in aviation services management.

A new degree programme is expected to lift Hong Kong’s credentials as an international and regional aviation hub. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong society

2 Hong Kong-based airlines report separate mid-air problems on Easter Sunday

Greater Bay Airlines flight HB341 carrying 160 people leaving Osaka discovers cracks in windscreen but lands safely in Hong Kong, while Hong Kong Airlines says flight HX780 experienced ‘technical issue’ shortly after take-off and was forced to return to Bangkok.

Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong cancels all typhoon warnings after Tropical Storm Saola departs

Observatory cancels warning at 11.40 pm, as local winds continue to weaken.

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Hong Kong tourism

Winners of Hong Kong Airlines’ free tickets to Japan unfazed by waste water fears

Airline holds second leg of ticket giveaway under ‘Hello Hong Kong’ campaign, days after Tokyo begins releasing treated waste water from Fukushima nuclear plant.

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Hopefuls queue up on Sunday morning for a chance to get a free Hong Kong Airlines ticket to Japan. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong Airlines to launch weekend giveaway of tickets

Hong Kong Airlines says popular destinations Japan and Thailand already back to pre-coronavirus levels as it launches ticket giveaway.

Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong tourists in Japan face flight and rail problems caused by Typhoon Lan

Rail and road links to Osaka’s Kansai airport halted on Tuesday as typhoon made landfall in western Japan.

Cathay Pacific

275,000 queue for free Cathay Pacific tickets from Japan to Hong Kong

Queue for round-trip tickets from Narita, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka or Sapporo airports drew more than 9,000 hopefuls just two minutes into online lucky draw.

Cathay Pacific says people can join the latest race for tickets until July 2. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Greater Bay Area

And they’re off! Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines launches first flight to Osaka

First Greater Bay Airlines flight to Osaka from Hong Kong took off on Friday morning, with return leg set for 6pm.

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Greater Bay Airlines CEO Stanley Hui Hon-Chung (centre) with cabin crew members Candy Lau Ka-chun and Jordan Tseung Tat celebrate the carrier’s first flight to Osaka. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Aviation

Editorial | Pilots’ academy push will help lift services

Collaboration between Hong Kong and mainland China on flight training programmes aims to address manpower shortage.

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Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong air industry asks for non-resident workers to deal with staff shortage

Legislator says airport alone needs about 25,000 extra workers to get back to full capacity and problem would worsen when third runway opens.

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Asia travel

8 reasons to visit Kyushu, Japan, from food stalls to volcanoes and onsen

Kyushu is Japan’s southernmost major island, and any trip there should include eating at Fukuoka’s famed yatai food stalls, a relaxing hot spring bath in Beppu, and a glamping trip out to the Goto Islands.

Beppu, a village in Kyushu, Japan, known for its hot-spring bathhouses. Photo: Shutterstock
Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong academy aims to be first to train both local and mainland pilots

Hong Kong International Aviation Academy has joined with Hong Kong Airlines to offer programme, with plan to partner with local universities and flying schools over border and overseas

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Pilots at the arrival hall in the Hong Kong International Airport. The new The initiative would mark the first close collaboration between Hong Kong and the mainland over training pilots. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong transport

Boeing fights off competition to land Greater Bay Airlines order in Hong Kong

Fledgling airline, which has three aircraft at present, places order for 15 Boeing 737-9 planes and signed letter of intent to buy five of its 787 Dreamliners.

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Hong Kong economy

Thousands hope to land free airline tickets to Hong Kong from Philippines

More than 50,000 people waited in Cathay Pacific’s online queue at one point for tickets as part of government’s ‘Hello Hong Kong’ campaign to lure travellers.

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Hong Kong Airlines
Hong Kong Airlines was founded in 2007. It offers passenger and cargo services. It is the third biggest carrier based in Hong Kong.
last updated:
14 August, 2024
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