In my effort to catch up, it is now time for the October numbers to be shared as well. I do expect that those as well are severely down from last year, but I also believe there will be a slight increase from September again.
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As with all previous months this year, the numbers for Hong Kong air traffic is severely down from August 2019.
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As with everything in this blog, I have been falling behind in reporting the traffic statistics, but I will try to get out the last few months over the next week or so.
As always this year, numbers are down big time compared with same month last year.
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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.
Keep on reading!It is quite rare nowdays with new airlines starting up, but The Civil Aviation Authorities of Hong Kong are processing the new airline’s application for an air operator certificate in Hong Kong.
The owner of the airline is Bill Wong Chu-bau, a Hong Kong resident who is also the owner of Senzhen-based airline Donghai.
Continue reading “Will newcomer Greater Bay Airline be Hong Kong’s new operator?”
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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It does indeed seem like the sun is setting for aviation in Hong Kong. The traffic numbers for June 2020 have been released, and I think it is no surprise that they are very similar to the numbers in May
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Last week we saw the beginning of the 3rd wave of COVID-outbreak in Hong Kong, and the government reacted directly by imposing more restrictions again, this time also targeting flight crews who previously were exempted from testing on arrival to Hong Kong.
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HK Express announces the extension of its temporary flight operations suspension to 11 July 2020, in response to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions imposed by governments around Asia Pacific. The airline plans to gradually resume flight operations on 12 July 2020, subject to market developments. Schedule adjustments will be made to the network for flights departing from 12 July 2020. Customers are advised to visit HK Express’ official website (https://www.hkexpress.com/en-hk/your-trips/important-travel-notice/) for the latest updates.
HK Express will continue to provide flexibility to customers whose travel plans have been affected, or those who are booked on flights departing on or before 31 July 2020. Customers can opt to change their travel date, travel route, refund in the form of credit vouchers or cash. Additional information is available on HK Express’ official website.
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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