It was announced a couple of days ago that starting June 1st, Hong Kong Airport will again open up for transit passengers. While the restrictions were not initially published, we now know what some of those will be.
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Limited International Services on routes to the USA, Canada, Guam, Vietnam, mainland China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, Japan, the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Reduced Number of Domestic Flights on most routes to and from Manila
Keep on reading!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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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.
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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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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