20-07-2025
Airport to work through the night to ease backlog
Airport to work through the night to ease backlog
About 100,000 passengers have been affected by 500 cancelled flights in and out of Hong Kong. Photo: RTHK
Airport bosses have vowed to work round-the-clock to make flight arrangements and assist travellers, as the Hong Kong International Airport is expected to remain busy throughout the night and the next day amid a backlog.
Chris Au Young, the Airport Authority's general manager of terminal and passenger experience, said about 400 flights that had been rescheduled would either depart or arrive the SAR on Sunday as Typhoon Wipha moves away from the city.
"We have been spoken with the Civil Aviation Department and various airlines on arranging flights overnight and deploying additional staff to handle the departure procedures for passengers. All 27 of our security checkpoints at departure will be fully operational to serve passengers overnight," he said.
"Due to the continued inclement weather, we expect the resumption of flights to continue until Monday evening."
The authority also aimed to resume all 500 cancelled flights, affecting about 100,000 passengers, in two to three days, Au Young added.
