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Hong Kong's third runway proposal

Hong Kong's third runway proposal
A proposal to build a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport to accommodate more travellers and cargo has sparked controversy as critics have expressed concern over its possible environmental impact.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
The magistrate slammed Aecom for using the defendant to its advantage during the construction of the airport’s third runway. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong court slams Airport Authority, Aecom over exploiting expert

Rocky Cheung cleared of fraud-related charges after judge finds he inadvertently created false inspection records due to heavy workload.

Hong Kong courts

Ex-Airport Authority executive pleads guilty to taking HK$3.3 million in bribes

Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Use the third runway to cement Hong Kong’s hub status

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Hong Kong transport

HK$7 million payouts offered as Hong Kong airport bids to fill new runway slots

HK$7m cash carrots part of two-pronged plan to encourage airlines to add new destinations and boost number of long-haul flights.

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Airlines have been offered cash incentives to add new destinations and boost the number of long-haul flights from Hong Kong. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific urged to improve as third runway boosts capacity

Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung says city cannot wait for Cathay recovery; other airlines lobbied to maximise traffic through airport.

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Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong airport passengers departing city to pay more in security fees in 2025

Passenger security charge at Hong Kong International Airport to increase from HK$55 to HK$65 in January 2025.

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Hong Kong economy

Debt burden to fund Hong Kong’s airport expansion soars to HK$123 billion

Legco panel hears that Covid-19 crisis caused ‘significant’ increases in the amount of debt linked to airport project.

A Cathay Pacific jet touches down on Hong Kong’s new third runway. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong airport expansion project will be finished on time, No 2 official vows

Airport’s new three-runway system will be completed this year, Chief Secretary Eric Chan insists, as suggestions of delays are dismissed.

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Hong Kong economy

Bond to help Hong Kong airport runway weather cash storm

Investors can play their part as Hong Kong airport seeks to open its third such facility, but there is no time to lose for struggling aviation hub.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong airport ex-general manager, wife of former executive charged in bribe case

Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) alleges payments relate to HK$200 million worth of work contracts.

Construction of the third runway system is worth HK$141.5 billion. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong airport executive, subcontractor charged in third-runway bribes case

Independent Commission Against Corruption lays charges against Airport Authority principal manager Ricky Lee, 47, and Carol Engineering boss Ng Kai-on, 65.

The new third runway of Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Handout
Crime in Hong Kong

4 Hong Kong Airport Authority managers arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes

Independent Commission Against Corruption arrests 30 people in connection with bribes for awarding contracts.

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Hong Kong aviation

Hong Kong travellers could ‘continue paying airport construction fees until 2033’

Airport Authority says it has been affected by lack of income from construction fees as a result of sharp drop in passenger numbers in past two years.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s third runway ready for take off, but who will use it now?

Construction on HK$141.5 billion project began in 2016 and partial launch of new runway is expected this year.

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Six years after construction began, Hong Kong International Airport’s third runway is ready for operation. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

HK$100 million owed in wage row over Hong Kong airport runway project: lawmaker

Lawmaker Edward Lau urges Airport Authority to respond in the next two days to demands of workers and subcontractors involved in labour dispute.

Workers involved in building a new terminal for Hong Kong International Airport’s planned third runway stage a protest on Tuesday. Photo: Facebook
Hong Kong aviation

Hong Kong Airport Authority warns contractors over wage row

Operator of city’s aviation hub also gives reassurance that mega development will not be delayed or overrun budget.

Lantau Tomorrow Vision

Opinion | How Hong Kong’s third runway reclamation success can aid housing effort

The use of deep cement mixing helps avoid the release of large amounts of marine sediment and traffic, easing environmental concerns. Future reclamation works can benefit as it provides a good alternative to lengthy land resumption.

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Hong Kong aviation

Tarmac works for Hong Kong’s third runway completed

Airport bosses give most substantive update of project since construction started in 2016, including assurance that plan is on schedule and within budget.

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The third runway features some 14,000 ground lights to help guide pilots. Photo: Winson Wong
Greater Bay Area

Letters | Hong Kong aviation will soar with Zhuhai airport move

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Hong Kong International Airport

Investors clamour to invest in Hong Kong airport’s perpetual bonds

The airport authority’s debt sale took the form of US-dollar perpetual debt, a first for an airport globally.

Lantau Tomorrow Vision

Opinion | The inconvenient truth behind Carrie Lam’s Lantau Tomorrow Vision

The chief executive is determined to push ahead with her Lantau Tomorrow Vision as a solution to the housing crisis, but the environmental costs – for both Hong Kong and the mainland – are being glossed over and less ecologically damaging options effaced.

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A girl protesting against the Lantau reclamation project sports a painting of an island and a pink dolphin on her forehead on October 14, 2018. Photo: Edward Wong
Chinese white dolphin

Hong Kong Airport Authority, conservation body urged to cooperate on dolphins

Annual population surveys of the endangered dolphins conducted by the two bodies routinely deliver vastly different results.

Chinese white dolphins play in Hong Kong waters in 2016. Photo: Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society
Aviation

Exclusive | Hong Kong airport CEO faces arduous task to keep aviation hub humming

Five years into his job as chief executive officer of Airport Authority Hong Kong, Fred Lam is facing his gravest challenge to keep one of the world’s busiest airports humming.

Greater Bay Area

Neighbouring provinces offer boost to Hong Kong’s third runway – with sand

Chief executive announces mainland Chinese help for project, which was delayed for four months by the suspension of sand supplies and bad weather. But legislator notes lack of details given about the plan.

Hong Kong International Airport

Letters | Shenzhen airspace push highlights Hong Kong’s third runway blunder

A new runway on the Chinese mainland so close to Hong Kong’s own expanded airport will surely worsen congestion in the skies.

The runway and apron at Hong Kong International Airport in 2012. Photo: Nora Tam
Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong’s status as global air hub unbeatable in bay area: Paul Chan

Finance secretary says authorities are pushing for value-added air cargo and logistics businesses. He allays fears about competition from neighbouring city, saying Hong Kong should figure itself out what works best for it.

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan is confident of the city’s status in the battle for the skies under China’s Greater Bay Area. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong International Airport

Letters | Three ways Hong Kong airport can beat rivals in the region

Hong Kong aviation

Editorial | Hong Kong airport must meet the challenges of regional competition

With consultation and coordination, its operations and role and those of the Greater Bay Area’s other airports can be better defined.

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