Air China has not opened a new city pair — Hangzhou–Hong Kong was already on the board as a daily afternoon run. What changed for Northern Winter 2026/27 is the second daily: from 25 October 2026 CA put a morning A320 on the route beside the existing A321 afternoon pair, so HGH–HKG is now double daily on CA metal.
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Cebu Pacific has suspended its four-weekly Iloilo–Hong Kong service from 27 October through 28 November 2026, according to schedule filings picked up by AeroRoutes. If you were counting on a direct ILO–HKG hop in that window, treat it as grounded until the filing says otherwise.
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Hong Kong International Airport switched on a proper through-baggage corridor for Hangzhou and Wuhan on 3 November 2026 — one check-in at origin, bags tagged through to the final international destination (and the reverse), even when the HKG transfer is on a different carrier.
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Hong Kong Airlines is suspending its Hong Kong–Saipan flights from 1 November through 30 December 2026, after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security paused the EVS-TAP programme that had let pre-screened Chinese nationals visit the CNMI visa-free. Saipan station manager Joan Boongaling confirmed the temporary pull to Marianas Variety on Saturday — and did not say whether the carrier plans to resume after 30 December.
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Cebu Pacific is cutting Clark–Hong Kong almost in half for November, then running 11 weekly in early December, according to recent schedule filings picked up by AeroRoutes. For anyone who treats CRK–HKG as a commute route — and I do, about three times a month on Cebu Pacific — that is the kind of line that makes you open the booking app before breakfast.
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Korean low-cost carrier Eastar Jet has started a new daily service between Hong Kong (HKG) and Busan Gimhae (PUS), with the first flight operating on 25 October 2026. It is Eastar Jet’s second Hong Kong route after Incheon–Hong Kong, and it adds another overnight nonstop option on a city pair that already sees HK Express and T’way Air.
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Cathay Pacific has opened bookings for a new Hong Kong–Almaty route, with the first flight set for 9 January 2027. It will be Cathay’s first destination in Central Asia, and for now the only direct passenger link between Hong Kong and Kazakhstan — which is the part that actually matters if you have been looking at Central Asia from HKG and hitting a wall of connections.
Sun PhuQuoc Airways (SPA / 9G) is the new Vietnamese full-service carrier from Sun Group, and it has moved quickly onto Hong Kong. The Phu Quoc link has been running since 22 May 2026 and went twice daily from 5 October; a daily Hanoi service followed on 30 September. For anyone who still thinks of Vietnam–Hong Kong as Vietnam Airlines, VietJet, or the Hong Kong carriers only, there is now another metal to check.
Cathay Pacific has stepped up its Hong Kong–Madrid service to daily flights from 25 October 2026, adding three weekly frequencies on top of the previous four-a-week schedule. The route continues on Airbus A350-900 aircraft (subject to operational confirmation), and Cathay remains the only airline offering nonstop flights between Hong Kong and Spain (Madrid year-round; Barcelona is seasonal — see below).
Greater Bay Airlines put out a short autumn flash sale on 16 October, and if you are still hunting a last-minute hop out of Hong Kong it is worth a look before it closes. Booking is open through 21 October 2026. The round-trip discount is 8折 / 20% off on designated economy seats, with Super Economy (超經艙) also in the mix on Tokyo and Sapporo. Travel for those returns is generally through 17 November 2026 — not a long window, so the dates that still show inventory are already fairly sparse.
