As traffic seems to be slowly coming back to Hong Kong, Sichuan Airlines have resumed their flights between Hong Kong and Chengdu.
Sichuan Airlines currently operate this route 3 times per week, The route is mainly operated by an Airbus A330, but also sometime with an Airbus A321. The flight is scheduled to leave Chengdu at 14:20 and arrive in Hong Kong at 17:00. The return flight leaves Hong Kong at 18:30, and arrives in Chengdu at 21:00
Cathay Pacific is slowly increasing their network again, and here is an overview of which destinations they are operating TO in September 2022:
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Chinese airline Loong Air has started operations between Hong Kong and their hub in Hangzhou earlier in August 2022. As far as I know, this is the first time this airline has operated passenger flights into Hong Kong, and is one of the first new airlines to start flying to Hong Kong after aviation almost came to a halt due to Covis-19.
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With the outbreak of Covid-19 and the effect it had on aviation two years ago, Cathay Pacific parked a lot of their aircrafts for a long time. Initially they were parked at Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong as you can see on the picture above, and they slowly moved them to a long term parkin in the desert in Alice Springs in Australia.
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Virgin Atlantic was originally planning on resuming flights between London Heathrow and Hong Kong from September 1st 2022, but they have now announced that they will only resume flight in March 2023 at the earliest!
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Fiji Airways was supposed to resume the route between Nadi and Hong Kong in the beginning of August 2022, once weekly, and increase to three weekly flights from the middle of October, but they have now announced that the route will remain suspended until at least the end of October 2022.
Cathay Pacific seems to be in the progress of resuming more flights and routes over the next few months, and have announced they will resume several routes to the US and Canada.
The following new schedule has been confirmed for July:
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It has now been about a year since I had the energy to make a post on this blog. The point of this blog was to be a happy place where I saved my travel memories and documented the growth of air traffic in Hong Kong while I was working and living here.
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