Hong Kong aims to increase flight links to more belt and road countries to open up new trade, tourism frontiers: airport chief
- Airport Authority chairman Jack So tells aviation symposium that city hopes to increase flight links beyond 40 belt and road locations already covered
- ‘We’re now working hard to extend the footprint by opening more air routes to this region … to make sure we open up new frontiers for trade and tourism,’ he adds
Hong Kong aims to increase its number of flight links with countries taking part in Beijing’s global belt and road trade network in a bid to boost business ties and tourism traffic, according to the city’s airport chief.
“We’re now working hard to extend the footprint by opening more air routes to this region and, at the same time, we must stimulate business and people exchange to make sure we open up new frontiers for trade and tourism,” Airport Authority chairman Jack So Chak-kwong told an aviation symposium on Thursday.
But he stopped short of detailing the number of newly proposed routes or their destinations.
Hong Kong’s airport currently offers direct flights to 220 places, including 40 locations in countries taking part in the Belt and Road Initiative – a strategy spearheaded by Beijing to improve trade and economic integration.
Belt and road countries that lack direct routes to and from Hong Kong include Argentina, Nigeria and Botswana.
