Flights from Hong Kong to Japan ‘every 15 minutes' over Lunar New Year
Published: 2:19pm, 29 Jan 2025 A plane will be departing Hong Kong for Japan every 15 minutes on average during the Lunar New Year period amid strong demand, as the city's airport expects its post-pandemic recovery to continue with overall flight numbers growing by 30 per cent year on year over the festive break. Vivian Cheung Kar-fay, acting CEO of the Airport Authority , said on Wednesday that there were close to 150 flights between Hong Kong and 13 Japanese cities during the festive period.
'We have close to 75 pairs of flights heading to and from Japan every day to 13 cities, meaning it's almost one flight every 15 minutes. It's very convenient if you wish to travel,' Cheung said.
'There will be a growth of over 30 per cent in flights compared with last year,' she said, referring to the Lunar New Year period.
'We can see that flights will be back at a pre-pandemic level in 2025, with daily passenger throughput at 200,000 and almost 1,100 flights taking off and landing.'
About 200,000 passengers passed through the airport every day in the past few days, and operations were smooth with sufficient staff to handle the heavy traffic, according to Cheung.
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