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Foreign flag carriers and flights to Taiwan

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Marcus Wong

Taiwan’s relationship with Mainland China is a complicated one, and the dispute has spilled out into the world of aviation, after the People’s Republic of China objected to the flag carriers of foreign governments serving what they regarded as a […]

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Driverless baggage tractors at Hong Kong International Airport

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Marcus Wong

December 2019 saw a new kind of vehicle enter service at Hong Kong International Airport – an “Autonomous Electric Tractor”. Airport Authority Hong Kong photo The tractor was developed by Beijing-based autonomous driving technology startup Uisee Technology, and is used […]

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Transferring from land to sea at Hong Kong International Airport

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Marcus Wong

Transferring from land to air transport is the reason airports exist, but Hong Kong International Airport offers a different mode of onward transport – sea. The airport is located on reclaimed land at Chek Lap Kok. With the ‘SkyPier’ ferry […]

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Aircraft registration in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Marcus Wong

Every civil aircraft in the world is required to have a unique identifying code, allocated by the country of registration, under a system managed by ICAO – the International Civil Aviation Organization. But in the case of China, Hong Kong, […]

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Charts and plans for Kai Tak Airport

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Marcus Wong

Kai Tak Airport was once the international airport for Hong Kong, with the single runway and eight jetbridges somehow handing 30 million passengers and 1.5 million tonnes of freight per year, before it was replaced by the current Hong Kong […]

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