Air Traffic Statistics at Hong Kong July 2020

To the surprise of nobody the traffic numbers at Hong Kong International Airport are stable low in the month of July 2020 as well. As always, the numbers are compared to the month one year previous, so those numbers are in comparison to July 2019.

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Review – Cathay Pacific Business Class lounge, Manila.

Date or review: May 23, 2019.

Sitting area in the lounge.

The lounge in Manila was quite hard to locate, there were no (easily visible) signs pointing in the right direction, but after asking some of the terminal staff for directions I was finally able to locate it, upstairs from the main terminal at the end of a corridor. (It is located in Terminal 3, level 4, just above gate 114).

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Cathay Pacific reports record-high HK$9.9 billion loss in first half of 2020

This does probably not come as a surprise to anyone, but Cathay Pacific is loosing money fast. With a reported drop in passenger number of more than 98.5% compared to a year ago, it is basically only the cargo division that is bringing some cash in for the company.

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Update on travel restrictions

As Cathay is starting to slowly resume flights, I thought it would be a good idea to also post an update on travel restrictions around the world for those lucky enough to be able to travel.

As restrictions change all the time, it is really hard to know what is the real, latest updates, but I would recommend to go to Cathays Website and see what they have updated for all their destinations.

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Cathay Pacific slowly resumes flights

At the end of March 2020 Cathay announced they were reducing their passenger flight schedule by 96% over the next couple of months. This has been extended, but now they are slowly getting ready to resume flights again.

They have published the following tables for their upcoming schedule the next month or so:

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Air Traffic Statistics at HKIA May 2020

The traffic statistics for Hong Kong International Airport May 2020 has been released, and I am sure nobody is surprised to hear that again the numbers are down 99.4% compared to May 2019, just like the numbers for April.

View of old Kai Tak Airport.
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Cathay Pacific to reduce passenger capacity by 96% in April and May

Cathay has just release the following press statement on their website:

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Update on travel restrictions

Below is an updated list of current travel restrictions – but remember restrictions around the world are changing at a moments notice nowdays, so please check with your airline before heading to the airport.

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Update on travel restrictions for Cathay Pacific Passengers.

As travel advice and restrictions are changing at a very rapid pace lately, it is hard to keep up with all restrictions that are being imposed and those that might have been reported incorrectly and those that might have been cancelled or changed.

Cathay Pacific keep at very good list of updated travel restrictions for their destinations, below are the updated restrictions as per March 14th at 10:45 am Hong Kong time:

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Cathay Pacific suspends all flights to/from Japan

Japan has recently introduces strict travel restrictions for people traveling from Hong Kong to Japan, and as a result of this it seems like Cathay are canceling all flights between Hong Kong and Japan.

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