Hong Kong International Airport is the most used airport in Hong Kong. It is situated on the island of Chek Lap Kok so it is colloquially called as Chek Lap Kok Airport. This airport started working commercially from 1998. Formerly there was another airport called Kai Tak Airport which was later replaced by this airport. Recently, this airport has become an important hub for passenger hub, gateway for destinations in China and Asia and trans-shipment centre. It is considered the world’s busiest passenger airport.
In Asia, Hong Kong International Airport is the busiest airports with its world’s largest passenger terminal buildings. The Airport Authority Hong Kong owns and operates this airport 24 hours every day. It serves as the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Express Airways, Hong Kong Airlines, Dragonair, and Air Hong Kong. 65,000 employees work with this airport and this is a main contributor to Hong Kong's economy. Every year this airport handles around 59.9 million passengers.
Cathay Pacific, Alitalia, British Airways and Qatar Airways are the most frequent flights which operate from this airport. The most important sectors are Hong Kong to Taipei and Hong Kong to Tokyo with 200 weekly flights. The first flight that departs from this airport is the Cathay Pacific airline 261 and the last flight that departs is the Qatar Airways airline 5826. Few top international routes are Hong Kong to Kaohsiung, Hong Kong to Osaka, Hong Kong to Bangkok and Hong Kong to Shanghai.
In Asia, Hong Kong International Airport is the busiest airports with its world’s largest passenger terminal buildings. The Airport Authority Hong Kong owns and operates this airport 24 hours every day. It serves as the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Express Airways, Hong Kong Airlines, Dragonair, and Air Hong Kong. 65,000 employees work with this airport and this is a main contributor to Hong Kong's economy. Every year this airport handles around 59.9 million passengers.
Cathay Pacific, Alitalia, British Airways and Qatar Airways are the most frequent flights which operate from this airport. The most important sectors are Hong Kong to Taipei and Hong Kong to Tokyo with 200 weekly flights. The first flight that departs from this airport is the Cathay Pacific airline 261 and the last flight that departs is the Qatar Airways airline 5826. Few top international routes are Hong Kong to Kaohsiung, Hong Kong to Osaka, Hong Kong to Bangkok and Hong Kong to Shanghai.