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Cotai Water Jet (Chinese: 金光飛航; Portuguese: Jacto de Água Cotai) is a company that operates high-speed ferry services between Macau and Hong Kong.It is one of the two companies operating high-speed ferry services between the two territories – the other one being TurboJET.
The company has extensive shipping and property holdings. Shipping companies owned include: Conwick Investment Ltd; Far East Hydrofoil Company Ltd; Hong Kong Macao Hydrofoil Company Ltd; Sunrise Field Ltd; Tai Tak Hing Shipping Company Ltd (the then independent company that owned the steamship ferry SS Fatshan, which sank off Lantau in Typhoon Rose in 1971 with the loss of 88 lives, en route ...
Macau Asia Express was a failed low-cost airline project, which was to be based in Macau and originally to be launched in 2007, offering scheduled flights mostly to mainland China. [4] It was founded on 24 January 2006 with an initial funding of $30 million. It was owned by Air Macau (51%) and ST-CNAC (CNAC and Shun Tak Holdings) (49%). [4]
The Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal is a ferry terminal and heliport, centrally located in Hong Kong. It is also known as the Macau Ferry Terminal, the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Pier or the Shun Tak Heliport, and has an ICAO code of VHST. [1] The terminal is one of the several in Hong Kong that provide ferry services to Macau and cities in ...
The Macau airport was constructed on reclaimed land adjacent to the islands of Taipa and Coloane. [7] It cost US$1 billion to build. Commercial air service began on 9 November 1995. The first departure was an Air Macau flight to Beijing, and the first arrival was a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur. [8]
On 22 July 2018, a hands-free ticketing technology trial was launched at 4 stations to examine the feasibility of a new hands-free fare gate that allows people with disabilities to enter and exit MRT stations without tapping their fare cards. If found to be feasible, the fare gates may be introduced to more stations.
Ferries take approximately 1 hour in the high-speed vessels. In 2011, Turbojet bought out ferry rival New World First Ferry, operating a ferry service between Macau and Kowloon, Hong Kong (China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui). Cotai Jet operates a daily route between this pier and Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Pier, Hong Kong located at Shun Tak ...
Since January 28, 2020, issuing of L endorsement is suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic, [26] but the issuing of the endorsements to Macau is resumed on August 12, 2020. [21] The issuing of L endorsements is resumed since January 8, 2023. [22] Since May 6, 2024, the endorsements for Hengqin and Macau tour groups is introduced. [25]