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Tag Archives: aviation
Foreign flag carriers and flights to Taiwan
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 […]
Driverless baggage tractors at Hong Kong International Airport
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 […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged aviation, driverless train, Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Airport
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Transferring from land to sea at Hong Kong International Airport
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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Tagged aviation, ferries, Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Airport, maritime, on the water, SkyPier
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Aircraft registration in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
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, […]
Charts and plans for Kai Tak Airport
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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Tagged 1990s, aviation, history, Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon
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