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Hong Kong International Airport, which employed about 60,000 people at the start of 2024, [9] is an important contributor to Hong Kong's economy. The economic contribution generated by Hong Kong's air travel industry in 2018 amounted to US$33 billion, 10.2% of Hong Kong's GDP. [10]
Hong Kong became an international transport hub of cargo and passengers soon after 1841. In air transport, Hong Kong International Airport acts as a major international hubs for both passenger and cargo. The ICAO code for the Hong Kong Flight Information Region (Hong Kong FIR) is VHHK, while ICAO code for Hong Kong in general starts with the ...
Hong Kong [e] is a special administrative region of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities [f] in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory ...
Kai Tak Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) was an international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak, [1] or simply Kai Tak and Kai Tak International Airport, to distinguish it from its successor, Chek Lap Kok International Airport, built on ...
Skypier (2011) Skypier lobby Skypier’s berth (2012) Skypier’s check in counter berth boarding gates concourse (2012) berth boarding gates (2019) Skypier Terminal (Chinese: 海天中轉大樓) is a cross-border facility that includes a ferry pier and a coach bay integrated within Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong
1980s in Hong Kong marks a period when the territory was known for its wealth and trademark lifestyle. It remained a colony at the beginning of the decade in 1980, and transitioned into a dependent territory) of the United Kingdom in 1981, becoming among its last significant colonial territories, also being the richest out of all British dependent territories at the time and most populated ...
Between 1841 and 1997, Hong Kong was a Crown Colony of the United Kingdom, and the colonial government-established postal service, the Hongkong Post, was retained after the 1997 handover. As such, postal service remained and remains separate from the rest of the PRC under the one country, two systems principle.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Airport Express services operated every 10 minutes from the start of service (05:54 from Airport and 05:50 from Hong Kong) and every 12 minutes from 23:28 (from Airport) and 00:00 (from Hong Kong) until the last service 00:48. Train service was reduced as passenger ridership was yet to completely recover.