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Review – Air Asia A320 Hong Kong – Bangkok Don Muang

I checked in for the flight online as I was only travelling with hand luggage, and as I finished the nightshift in the morning I headed straight for immigration and was in the transit area of the airport within minutes of finishing work.

My flight departed from gate 206, so I had to take the train between the main terminal and the midfield concourse. I arrived at the midfield terminal with about an hour to spare, so I grabbed a quick breakfast and a coffee from Starbucks before heading to my gate.

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Passenger numbers at Hong Kong down 99.5% in April 2020

I am sure it comes as no surprise to anyone that passenger numbers at Hong Kong Airport is way down in April compared to last year.

This year in April there were only 32.000 passengers traveling through Hong Kong International Airport, down from 6.491.000 last year.

Flight movements also took a knock, but not quite as severe, mostly thanks to cargo flights. Total movements at the airport in April 2020 was 9.445, down 73.5% from 35.666 the year before.

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Introduction – 2 nights to re-discover Bangkok

Bangkok has ever since the first time I visited it been my favourite city in the world. It truly is a city that never sleeps, there is always something to see or to do, no matter where in the city you are, or what time it is.

I have probably spent about 7 months in Bangkok before, I used to travel 4-5 times per year in the mid 2000s, but I have not had much time to go there after my children were born.

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Traffic numbers for Hong Kong Airport, March 2020

This one has kind of slipped past me, I was looking for the April numbers, and realized I had not updated the March numbers yet.

As expected, the numbers of people and airplanes using Hong Kong Airport is severely down in March compared to the year before, with all the travel restrictions that are in force.

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HK Express Extends Temporary Suspension of Flight Operations Until 18 June 2020

According to a press release by Hong Kong express they are extending their suspension of flights until June 18th, 2020. Tickets are available for sale from June 19th, 2020.

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Review – Vietjet A320 Phu Quoc – Hong Kong.

I checked out of my room at 0915 for my 0930 airport transfer as per the letter I had gotten the day before in my bungalow. However, after I had checked out I was told my transfer was only at 10 am instead, so I had to hang around the reception for 30 minutes waiting for my complimentary airport transfer.

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Hong Kong shuts airport to foreigners indefinitely.

As I wrote about on March 25, Hong Kong was going to ban all tourists, including transit passengers, for 2 weeks.

Now South China Morning post is reporting that this ban has been extended indefinitely, as most of the recent COVID19 cases are imported cases.

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Introduction – 48 hours in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Ever since I landed my job in Hong Kong almost 2 years ago I was getting excited about the traveling oportunities from here. There are so many places available within a short distance of flying, and so many places to explore and discover.

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Koh Samui locking down until the end of the month

Koh Samui mayor Ramnet Jaikwang declared today that the island is imposing a 3 week entry ban for the Island, effective until the end of April 2020.

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Do you remember – Emirates awesome new ad!

It is not often I will put a TV add here for any company, but I just came across the new Emirates ad, and I thought it was pretty awesome, and wanted to share it here.

https://youtu.be/IRoAQ3dmOUw

This pretty much sums up the situation around the world right now, and at least the way I feel about it as well…