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Latest news, in-depth features and opinion on Hong Kong aviation, covering airlines such as Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon, Hong Kong Airlines, HK Express and freighter Air Hong Kong and Hong Kong International Airport.
The city’s policy chief Stephen Wong says Hong Kong needs sustainable aviation fuel targets to attract investment, secure supplies and retain its aviation hub status. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong must secure green fuel supply to safeguard aviation hub status: official

Policy chief notes city to consider sustainable aviation fuel mandate, saying clear targets are needed to draw investment and build supply.

Cathay Pacific

Cathay calls on Hong Kong to map out long-term sustainable fuel plan beyond 2030

Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong targets 240 air destinations by 2030, eyeing new Uzbekistan routes

China travel

China airports surge in global-connectivity ranking, led by Shanghai, Guangzhou

Third terminal helps Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport jump 17 places in global standings, while airports in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong also improve.

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Passengers are seen at Beijing Daxing International Airport in China’s capital. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong finance chief urges Cathay to keep fares attractive, add routes

Cathay Pacific targets 150 new aircraft and 150 global destinations over next decade, chairman Guy Bradley says.

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Hong Kong

Opinion | How the goalposts have shifted on Hong Kong aviation

Success was once measured by how far local airlines could fly. Now, it’s about how effectively global networks intersect here to power the wider economy.

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Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific, Google scale up AI tests to reduce aviation’s climate impact

Second-phase trials with Contrails.org will target ultra-long-haul Asia and transpacific routes, building on early tests that reduced contrail warming impact by about 40 per cent.

Cathay Pacific says AI deployment will complement other initiatives such as fleet modernisation. Photo: Sam Tsang
(From left to right) Tony Pringle, Cathay director digital Lawrence Fong, Michael Yue and Kemal Armada. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong transport

Overhead display left dangling at airport’s Terminal 2, investigation under way

Airport Authority says a maintenance team promptly attended to the malfunctioning screen and cordoned off the area.

Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific extends Dubai and Riyadh flight suspension through November

Hong Kong flag carrier says extension due to situation in Mideast, with services to both cities cancelled up to and including November 30.

Hong Kong economy

Unmanned electric aircraft makes maiden flight in Hong Kong

Flight marks collaboration between mainland Chinese firm EHang, local transport operator Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings and tech hub Cyberport.

EHang’s flagship model, the EH216-S, carried a robot and conducted multiple sorties along predetermined routes at Cyberport. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong economy

Haeco, China Aircraft Leasing Group agree to build maintenance hub in Hong Kong

Two firms will set up aircraft engine maintenance centre, with initial focus on quick-turn services, hospital repairs and engine asset management.

An electric aircraft pushback tractor at Haeco’s repair and maintenance facility in Tung Chung. Photo: Karma Lo
Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific to launch direct flights between Hong Kong and Almaty in January

Airline will operate the only non-stop service between Hong Kong and Kazakhstan’s largest city three times a week, with economy fares from HK$2,296.

Hong Kong transport

Wrong radio frequency by Cathay crew led to Nato jet interception: report

London-bound CX257 was intercepted by Hungarian fighter jets over Romania in early July after losing contact with civilian air traffic control.

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Hong Kong stock market

Swire Pacific posts record first-half profit as investment surges to fresh high

The Hong Kong-based conglomerate saw its underlying profits soar by 48 per cent year on year in the first half of 2026.

Swire Pacific has reported record first-half profits. Photo: SCMP/Fung Chang
Hong Kong transport

Falling concrete disrupts Terminal 2 train at Hong Kong airport

Photos on social media show crowds outside the platform doors, while signs said the train was ‘temporarily not in service’.

Scores of travellers at Hong Kong International Airport were forced to take alternative routes to their boarding gates after an automated train serving Terminal 2 broke down. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

Cathay Pacific posts 71% profit rise to HK$6.24 billion in first half of year

Numbers driven by stronger demand, but Hong Kong flag carrier warns of headwinds caused by escalating Middle East conflict.

Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific tail strike in early July classified as ‘abnormal runway contact’

Hong Kong air safety watchdog releases preliminary report on July 3 incident involving flight CX509 from Tokyo.

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China travel

All went wrong: A380 flight to China becomes 10-hour ordeal

The rare sight of an Emirates Airbus at Hangzhou became chaotic as 373 passengers were left stranded on board amid a logistical nightmare.

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An Emirates Airbus A380. Photo: dpa
Hong Kong transport

Passengers still stranded at Hong Kong airport on Monday after Typhoon Noul

Airport Authority says operations have returned to normal and it expects to handle 900 flights over the whole day.

Accidents and personal safety

Probe launched after worker falls to death while repairing plane in Hong Kong

Man falls from six-metre-high platform at Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company worksite after mistakenly stepping into gap, police say.

Hong Kong weather

Typhoon Noul: Hong Kong downgrades T9 signal to T8

Storm is skirting as close as 80km to the northeast of Hong Kong, moving into inland Guangdong and weakening progressively, forecaster says.

A section of scaffolding has collapsed at a building along Cheung Sha Wan Road. Photo: Karma Lo
Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific delays Middle East flights as US and Iran trade attacks

Daily passenger flights to Dubai postponed until October 25, and four weekly services to Riyadh delayed to October 26.

A Cathay Pacific Airways plane takes off at Hong Kong International Airport. The carrier also announced it would drop its previous plan to resume freighter services to Riyadh from August 1, without specifying a new resumption date. Photo. Sam Tsang
Hong Kong tourism

Short-haul arrivals fall 15% in June amid strong Hong Kong dollar, fewer flights

City receives 3.72 million visitors last month, driven largely by 10 per cent rise in mainland Chinese arrivals to 2.88 million.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong airport profit falls 16.8% to HK$2b as expenses, salvage operation bite

But passenger throughput, aircraft movements, cargo and airmail volumes all saw growth despite ongoing geopolitical trade tensions.

Cathay Pacific

Cathay to add 4 Latin American destinations via Madrid code-share with Iberia

Passengers will be able to travel to Fortaleza and Recife in Brazil, Buenos Aires in Argentina and the Dominican Republic under arrangement.

Cathay passengers will have four more destinations to choose from. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong transport

Typhoon Bavi: more than 130 flights connecting Hong Kong to region axed

MTR Corporation also says 10 high-speed services connecting Hong Kong with mainland have been cancelled.

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Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok. Photo: Sam Tsang
Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific aircraft’s tail hit runway at Hong Kong airport, airline confirms

Aviation regulator orders Cathay to submit a report on tail strike involving Airbus A330 flight from Tokyo’s Narita airport.

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Cathay Pacific

Regulator outlines review after Cathay flight intercepted by Nato jets

Civil Aviation Department says preliminary information indicates flight adhered to its authorised routing throughout journey.

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