Although Hong Kong has relaxed the policies of epidemic prevention, the current number of flights is still far lower than the level before the epidemic.
According to Bloomberg report, the number of predetermined flights and seats in Hong Kong this month is only about 18%in October 2019. At that time, the trip to Hong Kong was adversely affected by large -scale protests.About 45 airlines in October showed that there were flights to Hong Kong. Compared with three years ago, the number was reduced by half.
The main airlines in Hong Kong Cathay Pacific said that it takes time to restore capacity, because it takes time to enable flights and training employees.Cirium data shows that in October, Cathay Pacific flew from Hong Kong to Taipei from Hong Kong in October, far lower than 93 flights before the epidemic crisis. At that time, this route was one of the busiest international routes in the world.
Trip.com's data shows that Hong Kong residents, the most hopeful Hong Kong residents in Asia's short -distance travel, announced on the weekend after the Hong Kong government announced the cancellation of hotel isolation and other epidemic prevention restrictions.The order increased by nearly 400%compared with the previous weekend.Nevertheless, Cathay Pacific has only 14 flights to Bangkok every week, and 63 flights before the epidemic.
Due to the limited number of flights, the price of air tickets has also soared, and there are no direct flights to many destinations such as Johannesburg, Adelaide, Colombo, and Chicago, and travel time is longer.
Yolanda Yu, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Airlines Representative Association, said that airlines may need six to nine months to re -arrange flight schedules.YU is also the manager of Hong Kong and the Philippines in Air New Zealand.
